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re: What Are The Plans For You Tiger Fans Staying In Chicago Next Thurs And Friday?
Posted on 8/22/16 at 3:25 pm to phelps4824
Posted on 8/22/16 at 3:25 pm to phelps4824
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Anybody know if you can get tickets to the cubs game outside wrigley? Just wondering if you would have to have tickets beforehand
You can definitely get tickets outside the stadium, but depending on the demand you might not get a great deal.
I've got tickets to that game as part of a package I split with buddies, but am going to be selling because we're heading up to Geebs friday morning.
This post was edited on 8/22/16 at 3:26 pm
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Posted on 8/22/16 at 3:29 pm to Roovelroe
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No real plans for Thursday....Downtown Chicago and see what happens
As ChiTown_Badger said, I would stick outside The Loop if you're trying to go out on Thursday night. There isn't a whole lot to do outside of Happy Hours after work.
- There are a number of casual bars, upscale bars / restaurants, lounges, and clubs in River North.
- You can find the "hub" of Chicago's culinary scene in West Loop. There are quite a few restaurants and a couple pretty good bars (i.e. Lone Wolf typically has Zombie Dust on tap).
- Wells Street in Old Town is littered with bars.
- East of Clark/Division (Red LIne) on Division there's a group of bars.
- Just to reiterate ChiTown_Badger, there are plenty of bars and restaurants lining Division directly west of Milwaukee.
- If you walk north on Milwaukee from Division, a number of bars and restaurants as you get up to the six corners area around North Ave.
Posted on 8/22/16 at 6:08 pm to LSUzealot
quote:meet me at murphy's at 5, for realsies
LSUzealot
Posted on 8/22/16 at 6:16 pm to Springlake Tiger
Stay in Appleton, Oshkosh or Fon Du lac.
Plenty of hotels down that stretch to stay in. Unless you got some business in Chicago I wouldn't stay there.
Plenty of hotels down that stretch to stay in. Unless you got some business in Chicago I wouldn't stay there.
This post was edited on 8/22/16 at 6:16 pm
Posted on 8/22/16 at 7:37 pm to hoopsgalore
quote:the reason being we are leaving from Wrigley to get to Green Bay
Where downtown?
Unless you had a specific reason for driving, it would be easiest to hop a train and get off at Addison.
Red Line is pretty accessible anywhere in the Loop, River North, and Gold Coast. You can walk to a station and get on a Howard-bound train to Addison.
You could also take a Brown Line Kimball-bound train, transfer onto a Red Line at either Fullerton or Belmont, and get off at Addison.
In both scenarios, you avoid any parking. As I said before, though, this is all assuming you don't have a specific reason for driving.
Unless you think it's better to backtrack back to downtown then leave?
Posted on 8/22/16 at 7:47 pm to calitiger
Half Acre tour is going to be difficult if you're going to the game. They only do tours at 11 am on Saturdays. I highly recommend it though, it's the best deal in the city.
Posted on 8/22/16 at 8:16 pm to LSUTigah4Life
I'll be arriving Thursday morning by car. (I'm leaving Lafayette on Wednesday at noon & driving all the way there.) Staying with relatives near West Irving Park and Elston on the Northside. Cub's game Friday. Leave for Green Bay at the crack of dawn Saturday morhing.
Posted on 8/22/16 at 10:20 pm to hoopsgalore
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Not sure if the "adventure" can be attributed to directions, or anything else, but here's a simplistic route to Wrigley from your hotel: - Walk west (against traffic) on Ontario until you hit State. - Take a left (going south) on State until you hit the Grand Red Line station. - Once in the station, take the Red Line towards Howard and get off at Addison, which is directly next to Wrigley. - In all, it takes less than 10 minutes to get to the Grand Red Line station. Once on the train, I would expect a 15-minute ride. Off the top of my head, you'll hit five stops between Grand and Addison.
Knowing where to go wasn't the problem, getting on the train with all the rude people pushing, that was the problem.
Posted on 8/22/16 at 10:28 pm to TNTigerman
"Leaving for Green Bay Saturday 7:00-7:30 a.m. to get to Lambeau by 11:30 a.m."
Slow lane dude, it's only 3:10 mins interstate all the way....My crew wil be in the suburban that buzzes by u
Slow lane dude, it's only 3:10 mins interstate all the way....My crew wil be in the suburban that buzzes by u
This post was edited on 8/22/16 at 10:30 pm
Posted on 8/23/16 at 12:49 am to higgins
Didn't mean the down vote...fat fingers...lol! Your plan sounds good to me.
Posted on 8/23/16 at 12:56 am to rilesrick
Do you really think we can make it to GB in 3:10? I heard it was like 3:30 so we were planning for 4 hours. We plan to leave Chicago at 6am. You think we will be ahead of any traffic and be in GB for 9:30? That would be sweet!
Posted on 8/23/16 at 1:16 am to LSUzealot
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Got a huge group in the Budweiser Bleachers Thursday night. Going to be at least 20-30 LSU shirts in right field. Still tickets left on Cubs.com, let's just take over an entire 3-4 bleachers and "purple and gold" out the game!
I'll be there Thursday night also
Posted on 8/23/16 at 5:48 am to ezmny2020
A group of three of us will be in the outfield bleachers Thursday night. We will be looking for the P&G. 
Posted on 8/23/16 at 8:39 am to mylsuhat
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the reason being we are leaving from Wrigley to get to Green Bay
Unless you think it's better to backtrack back to downtown then leave?
I get it. Sorry, I haven't been paying attention to any dates that people are doing what in Chicago.
It's probably not easier to backtrack downtown then leave. There will be traffic no matter where you get on the interstate. My advice is the following:
- Drive and park near the Kimball Brown Line Station.
- Take the Brown Line (towards Loop), get off at Southport, and walk to Clark Street / Wrigley.
- After the game, walk back to Southport and get on the Brown Line (towards Kimball) and get off at Kimball.
- From there, you can take Foster (going west) and get on I-94.
Posted on 8/23/16 at 8:41 am to LSUTigah4Life
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Do you really think we can make it to GB in 3:10? I heard it was like 3:30 so we were planning for 4 hours. We plan to leave Chicago at 6am.
Whether you're leaving on a weekday or weekend, there will be minimal traffic, at least in my experience, going north at 6:00am. If a weekday, traffic will begin to pick-up by 6:45am.
Getting to Green Bay in 3 - 3.5 hours is very realistic.
I am planning on leaving Chicago at 4:30pm on Thursday. Will hit traffic, without question, but that's my plan.
This post was edited on 8/23/16 at 8:45 am
Posted on 8/23/16 at 8:43 am to showtiger
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Knowing where to go wasn't the problem, getting on the train with all the rude people pushing, that was the problem.
That won't get any better.
In my experience, I've found the Brown Line to be a lot more civil than the Red Line. I think just about everyone in Chicago can attest to that.
If people are the problem, take the Brown Line to Belmont or Southport and walk to Clark Street bars and/or Wrigley from there.
Assuming you do go to the game and get off at Southport, Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams is right there. Worth it.
Posted on 8/26/16 at 8:43 am to hoopsgalore
Anyone know of the Wrigleyville bars that LSU fans will be hitting up prior to the game Thursday?
Posted on 8/26/16 at 9:43 am to TGR
We'll be in the bleachers Thursday night as well, plan on starting across the street at the Cubby Bear. 
Posted on 8/26/16 at 9:43 am to TigerTime11
With the number of bars in close-proximity to Wrigley Field, surrounding the stadium and lining Clark Street, I would bet for a more dispersed crowd.
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