Chicago Cubs – Wrigley Field

Hello Baseball Fans and Wrigley Field Bucket Listers! Thanks for visiting the Chicago Cubs Ballpark E-Guides page. It’s full of helpful links and great info for your next visit to Wrigley Field. Don’t leave home without this knowledge!

My Complete Wrigley Field Guide: Essential information for Wrigley Field newbies…don’t make the mistakes I made! Learn what you need to know about getting tickets, picking a seat, getting there and what to eat at the game. And more.

10 (Yes, Count ‘Em, 10!) Ways To Find Deals on Cubs Tickets: You can find great deals on Cubs tickets if you know your options and plan ahead. This post explains it all for you, so you can save enough money for parking and a Hot Doug’s dog.

Choosing Your Wrigley Field Seats: There are a lot of great seats to see Cubs games, but some are definitely better than others. Check out this comprehensive seating guide…and avoid obstructed views, know your bleachers guidelines, stay in the shade, and even find the Bartman seat!

The Best Ways To Get To Wrigley Field: Most Cubs fans will tell you it’s best to take the CTA to Addison Station, and that’s mostly true, but you have a bunch of other options too. This post covers all of them for you, because getting there is half the fun!

Useful Wrigley Field Parking Guide: If you do decide to drive and park at Wrigley, here are some essential things you need to know.

The Wrigley Field Food Menu: See what all of those food stands are selling…this post covers it all for you, including gluten-free, kosher and vegetarian options.

Can You Bring Food Into Wrigley Field? Yes, you can! In this post, I offer some ideas for you, with some local takeout joints.

My Interview With Nick Napoli at CubParking: I left this in there even though it’s been a while…Nick Napoli was an interesting interview.

Book Review – Waiting For The Cubs: My friend Floyd Sullivan bares his Cubs fan soul in his pre-2016 tome about being a Cubs fan.

Hope you enjoy the reads and find them helpful. There’s more coming, of course…I got a million of them! Be sure to Follow Ballpark E-Guides on Facebook, so you’ll know when I add anything new.

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 [...]