Shreveport Group Transportation: Festival Plaza, the Red River District, and SHV

Quotes we have sent across Louisiana start around $275–$400 an hour, which puts a typical four-hour night at $1,100–$1,625. Your price depends on the date, the city, how many hours you need, the bus and your group size.

The Revel occupies Festival Plaza on the riverfront for several days each October and closes adjacent blocks, so a group cannot be dropped at the plaza itself. Choose a landmark a few blocks inland in the downtown grid, confirm the festival’s closure map for your date, and ask the company how it prices waiting when riverfront curbs are unavailable.

Shreveport’s SPAR office requires a special-permit application for events on city property, in public buildings, and for street closures at least 45 calendar days before the event; the Event Task Force must review and approve it, and the resulting city contract must be signed 21 days ahead. Submission is not approval, and the contract covers only the named facility or street, so get the final documents before fixing where a bus may stop.

Very often, because the riverfront casinos, the East Bank District, and Brookshire Grocery Arena are directly across the Red River. Each crossing uses the I-20 or Texas Street bridge, and Bossier City is a separate municipality with its own rules. List every stop with its city and ask the company to show the bridge legs and their timing assumptions separately in the written total.

SHV is on the west side of Shreveport off I-20, so a downtown transfer runs west against city traffic and a Bossier City pickup first crosses the river and then continues across town. Provide the airline, flight number, bag count, and terminal meeting point, and allow extra time on Mardi Gras and Revel weekends.

61% of every request we get is for a Saturday, and another 20% for a Friday. That is why Saturday availability is the first thing to ask about. That's what other Shreveport planners asked for — your own headcount is what decides it. Count everyone who is actually getting on, then add room for luggage, coolers, instruments or formalwear. Ask each company for the legal seated capacity of the exact vehicle they're offering. Most Shreveport requests are for weddings, bachelor parties, and bachelorette parties, and those nights want different amounts of floor space for the same headcount. A bus rated for twenty seats is not twenty comfortable seats in formalwear.

Not necessarily. The images here are representative renderings of a vehicle class, not photos of a bus parked in Shreveport. The company covering your route names the assigned vehicle in writing when you book. Before you pay, make sure that writing gives the specific vehicle, its legal seated capacity, the features you're counting on, and what happens if it's unavailable on the day — including whether a replacement could be a different size or class.

Ask in your first message, before you have a quote. Accessible vehicles are a small slice of any local fleet and they need more lead time. Tell them how many passengers use a wheelchair or mobility device, the type and weight, whether anyone can transfer to a seat, and whether you need a lift or a ramp. Ask in writing how the device is secured, what the usable door and interior height are, and how much notice they need. Then check the accessible entrance and loading spot with each venue — Festival Plaza on the downtown riverfront (Red River Revel, October) and Shreveport Municipal Auditorium set their own access rules, and the right bus is no help at a door it can't reach.