Wrigley Field – Chicago Cubs

Greetings Baseball Fans and Future Visitors to the Friendly Confines! Welcome to the Ballpark E-Guides Wrigley Field page…full of lots of great pro tips for your next game at the home of the Chicago Cubs. Check out a link below, and start doing Wrigley better!

A Neophyte’s Guide to Wrigley Field: Never been to Wrigley Field before? You’re in for a treat…but there are a lot of pitfalls to avoid. This complete guide covers all of the basics of how to get tickets, how to get there, what to eat and much more.

Scoring Deals on Cubs Tickets: If you are serious about saving money…and you should be here…this post is for you. I’ve listed ten ways for you to find the best deals on those pricey Cubs tickets…use them all to your advantage!

Complete Guide to Wrigley Field Seating: Don’t make the mistakes so many people make when they go to Wrigley…like buying seats with poor views, not knowing bleachers etiquette, or even how to find the Steve Bartman seat.

How To Get To Wrigley Field: Getting to Wrigley can be a real challenge too…this post tells you all about using the CTA trains and buses, Metra, rideshares, even by bicycle…vital information for your trip.

Where To Park at Wrigley Field: I highly recommend against driving to Wrigley especially if you’re a newbie, but this post contains a lot of useful advice, including where you can park for free.

Advice From A Guy Running A Cubs Parking Site: Nick Napoli runs a Cubs parking site appropriately called CubParking; he was an interesting interview and we enjoyed our chat.

What To Eat At A Cubs Game: There’s quite a classic selection of dogs and sausages, pizza, sandwiches and huge soft pretzels here…get to know the menu at Wrigley, you won’t regret it.

Bringing Food Into Wrigley Field: Yes, you can! This post offers a few local takeout joints that make perfect bring-in food.

Waiting For The Cubs Book Review: I wrote a review of this excellent pre-2016 tome from my friend Floyd Sullivan. The book is well worth the read, even following the Cubs’ 2016 triumph.

Hope you enjoy the reads and find them helpful, and there’s more coming! Follow Ballpark E-Guides on Facebook so you know when I put up something know…you can never have enough Wrigley Field knowledge!

Wrigley Field Seating Guide – Best Seats, Shade + Obstructed Views

Search no more friends…this is your complete Wrigley Field seating guide, with all the info you need…including about avoiding obstructed views to how to truly do the bleachers. I’m here to help you find the best seats at Wrigley Field, whatever your budget size! As much as I love Wrigley, I wish I’d read what [...]

Best Ways to Get to Wrigley Field | Chicago Cubs

Greetings baseball fans and ballpark roadtrippers! Below is your complete guide for how to get to Wrigley Field for your next Chicago Cubs game! Wrigley Field isn’t built for people driving there. If you do, I suggest reading my separate post for Wrigley Field parking. But this guide is about public transportation, and other easier [...]

10 Ways To Buy Cheap Chicago Cubs Tickets | Wrigley Field

Whether you’re going to your first Cubs game at Wrigley Field, or you’re a Cubs fan regular, it’s always a challenge to find cheap Chicago Cubs tickets. Actually, maybe “cheap” isn’t the right word. Cubs tix are often among the most expensive in baseball, so I’m here to help you find the best deal, and [...]

Wrigley Field Food Menu 2023 – Smokies, Italian Beef + More

Here it is my friend: the complete, ultimate fan’s guide to the Wrigley Field food menu. Read it well and read it often, because this is important! If a trip to the Friendly Confines is in your future plans, you’re going to want to sample Chicago-style dogs, local pizza and (not or, and) Italian beef. [...]

Wrigley Field Parking – Best Tips For Chicago Cubs Parking

You’re right to search for info about Wrigley Field parking before you go. Being in a residential area…and being a ballpark built before the rise to prominence of the automobile…Wrigley parking can be difficult to find and expensive. (This is one reason most fans use public transit.) But Ballpark E-Guides never backs down from a [...]

Wrigley Field Guide | Best Chicago Cubs Game Tips

Here it is my friend…your completely useful, completely informative, and completely entertaining Wrigley Field guide – with all the info you need for your next Cubs game (or any other event) at the Friendly Confines! I’ve written other helpful stuff about Wrigley, from the impressive Wrigley Field food menu, the best ways to get to [...]

Can You Bring Food Into Wrigley Field?

The short answer to the question for thrifty fans is yes, you can bring food into Wrigley Field from outside. The Cubs allow a 16*16*8 soft-sided bag (which is pretty big), so long as it doesn’t contain alcohol or projectiles. The Friendly Confines does have some great Chicago style grub (which I talk about in [...]

Wrigley Field Prepaid Parking – CubParking

Wrigley Field prepaid parking is a necessity for anyone willing to try driving to Wrigley Field. But as the guys at CubParking can tell you, you can do okay so long as you book beforehand. Recently Nick Napoli of CubParking contacted me and educated me about ways people park their cars at Wrigley Field…and why [...]

Book Review: Waiting For The Cubs

(Note: this review and this book were written before the glorious Cubs triumph of 2016. Eamus Catuli!) Sometimes I think that if the Cubs won the World Series, it would be a gigantic letdown. When the Red Sox finally broke their 86-year jinx in 2004, it was made much sweeter by the way it happened…an [...]