Guns N' Roses roll into San Antonio on Wednesday for a stop on their 2026 World Tour, bringing the reunited core of Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan to the Alamodome for a night of hits like Welcome to the Jungle and Sweet Child O' Mine. Doors open at 5 p.m., merchandise sales start an hour earlier outside the stadium, and the show itself kicks off at 6:25 p.m. Unlike some recent Alamodome sellouts, tickets remain available in almost every section of the venue.
Tickets Still Open Across the Building
According to the San Antonio Express-News, prices for Wednesday's show range from $39.55 to $260.15, with seats open in nearly every section of the 65,000-capacity stadium. That's a notable contrast to Bruno Mars' September 23 Alamodome date, which the same report notes is already sold out. San Diego post-hardcore act Pierce the Veil opens the night, a band formed in 2006 by brothers Vic and Mike Fuentes that broke through with the RIAA Gold single King for a Day off their 2012 album Collide with the Sky, according to Concord. The Express-News adds that the opening act is known locally for tracks like So Far So Fake and Pass the Nirvana.
The concert lands as part of a sprawling run: Guns N' Roses' 2026 World Tour spans more than 60 dates across South America, Europe and North America, announced alongside two new singles, Nothin' and Atlas, released in December 2025, according to Live Nation Newsroom. The 2026 tour takes the band across South America, Europe and North America. Hoodline previously covered the tour's kickoff announcement in a story about the band's planned Snapdragon Stadium show in San Diego.
Getting To and From the Alamodome
The Alamodome sits at 100 Montana St., and getting there Wednesday involves several options, per the Express-News. VIA park and ride service is billed as the most economical route, running to the stadium from 3:35 p.m. to 6:25 p.m. and departing until an hour after the show ends, at $1.30 per ride. The service connects from Crossroads, located at 151 Crossroads Blvd., and from the Brooks (Walmart) stop at 3302 SE Military Drive.
Drivers headed straight to the venue will find Alamodome Lot C opening at 2 p.m. and Lot B opening at 3 p.m., with all lots running cashless and first-come, first-served at $60 per vehicle. Ride-share pickups and drop-offs are set for Lot D, across Interstate 37 between Montana Street and Tower of the Americas Way. For those skipping city-owned lots altogether, more than 25 off-site options are bookable through ParkWhiz.
A Venue With Deep Local Roots
The Alamodome opened on May 15, 1993, at a construction cost of $186 million, and is a city-operated facility with a capacity of roughly 65,000 for stadium events, according to the City of San Antonio. Over three decades, the stadium has generated nearly $4 billion in economic impact for the city and returned almost $628 million in government tax revenues, per a 2023 study commissioned by San Antonio's Convention & Sports Facilities Department and reported by the San Antonio Report.
The building has also drawn its share of ribbing. Featuring a 9-acre roof held up by four 300-foot-tall masts and external cables, the Alamodome was voted the ugliest building in Texas in a Business Insider survey, earning nicknames like four telephone poles on an airplane hangar, according to CultureMap. Despite the design critiques, the city has continued investing in capital renovations at the stadium.
How Wednesday's Crowd Could Stack Up
Attendance benchmarks at the Alamodome set a high bar. The stadium's overall concert attendance record belongs to George Strait, whose June 2013 show drew more than 73,000 fans, while rapper Ye pulled in 60,111 attendees for a July 4, 2026 concert that ranks as the venue's second-largest crowd, according to KENS 5. Hoodline reported on that show in a preview ahead of the July date. Just weeks ago, Karol G packed the stadium with 50,000 fans in a show Hoodline covered as a new San Antonio concert record. Whether Guns N' Roses approaches those numbers Wednesday remains to be seen, though the wide ticket availability suggests the band may fall short of those recent peaks.
San Antonio's History With the Band
Guns N' Roses' ties to San Antonio stretch back decades. The band first played the city in September 1987, opening for the Cult at Sunken Garden Theatre, and returned that December to headline the Cameo Theatre in St. Paul Square, per the Express-News. The group also headlined the first River City Rockfest in May 2013 at the grounds of the AT&T Center, now the Frost Bank Center — a festival that later included acts like Alice in Chains, Halestorm and Skillet before ending its run in 2018.
The band released its debut, Appetite for Destruction, in 1987, according to Backstage Auctions. Guns N' Roses entered the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2012, though Axl Rose did not attend the induction ceremony. Green Day inducted the band that year, with frontman Billie Joe Armstrong calling Rose one of the best front men to ever touch a microphone, the Express-News reported.
A Reunited Core, Years in the Making
Wednesday's lineup features Rose, Slash and McKagan together. Other musicians connected to the band include guitarist Ron Bumblefoot Thal and bassist Tommy Stinson, according to Wikipedia. Other musicians who have played with the band over the years include Robin Finck and Brian Carroll, per the Express-News, while Rose also toured with AC/DC in 2016 during a gap year for Guns N' Roses.
The band's history also includes the Not in This Lifetime... Tour. The tour preceded Wednesday's Alamodome show. The band's name itself traces back to guitarist Tracii Guns and Rose, the Express-News notes, a nod to its earliest lineup decades before Wednesday's Alamodome show.
What Else Is Coming to the Alamodome
Guns N' Roses' stop is one of several major concerts hitting the stadium this month. Bruno Mars plays the Alamodome on September 23, in a show already sold out, and Iron Maiden follows on September 29, according to the Express-News. Hoodline also covered a weather delay affecting another 2026 tour stop for Guns N' Roses at Riverside's Morton Amphitheater, part of the same global run bringing the band to San Antonio this week.
