Chicago baseball trip

Try Airbnb if you are so inclined.

Chicago has mass transit, part of the game day experience there is swimming with the crowds.

Remember there are always drunken jerks and assholes at Chicago sporting events.

Especially night games.

We stayed at the Whitehall Hotel. It's a boutique hotel and was very reasonable. As stated you don't need uber, trains go to both stadiums. If you can go to Sox game first. Wrigley is a throwback in time and you don't want to ruin the Sox game, experience is just not the same.


WHITEHALL HOTEL





Center building, downtown, across street from the Hancock Tower. Take train from ORD and get off a couple blocks from hotel. We've used it several times and have enjoyed it each time w/o any complaints.

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Plenty of hotels in River North, Streeterville and along Wacker in The Loop. No matter where you stay, you’re likely walking distance to a Red Line station — can get to either stadium from there.

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This is what we did. Stayed 1-2 blocks off Michigan Ave and Wacker Dr. Took the red line to Wrigley (poor planning had White Sox on the road while we were there). And everything else was pretty much in walking distance. We would walk to dinner, but uber back to the hotel

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Warwick Allerton

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This will make it easy to walk over to the Chicago Red Line. Take it to Addison for Wrigley and Sox-35th for Guaranteed Rate.

Not sure how lenient you are about letting your son have a beer or two with dad before the game, but I doubt he'd get carded at Cork & Kerry or Turtle's down near Guaranteed Rate. Bit of a different story around Wrigleyville - it's a younger crowd, game or not. Most everything will be checking IDs.

The energy in the train riding up to Wrigley for an afternoon game is hard to beat.

Eat a couple of these while you're there

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Sox games are sneaky fun.

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Being a Sox fan I realize I'm biased, but I love going to games at Guaranteed Rate.

While it definitely doesn't have the same vibe and surrounding neighborhood attractions as Wrigley, it beats Wrigley on the amenities. The food/beverage options are infinitely better.

Don't get me wrong, Wrigley is a must for the history. And to hop around the neighborhood before and after.

But from a pure baseball watching perspective, seeing a Sox game I think is more enjoyable.

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Ride the red line to both ballparks.

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This on Repeat.... I thought it would be sketch going back to the loop from the White Sox game around 10:30pm but it wasnt terrible.... plenty of Sox fans also traveling at the same time so stay with the crowds and you'll be fine.

First trip to Chi in 2018 we went and it was sub 20 degrees.... we were unsure on trains so took uber everywhere (wasnt pricey at that time)....

Last year we didn't touch an uber both times in CHI. I would look from time to time to see prices and if its worth it, but was never worth it.

If you buy the deal they have on the 24 hour pass or something on the train it makes sense just to do that.



Since yall are in town for extended time I would recommend the blue bikes. When me and my wife went back in August we rode around the city and along the lakefront. Was a neat and easy way to see the city. You end up walking a ton and don't even know it, so to be able to ride around and see/do so much extra that was fun.

Friend of mine lives in the Lincoln Park area and has biked up the lake front to Northwestern's campus.... he said thats a nice ride... could be something neat to look into.


*****Also, not sure if yall looked into it but we flirted with adding an extra day when we went (me and my son) to take the train up to MIL for a Brewers game....but my wife said to just stick to CHI. We really should have. It's a 90 min ride and its very easy to navigate. If the Brewers are playing while yall are traveling that weekend I would rec just to say yall pulled off 3 ballparks.