I had read a review on this site indicating standing room only tickets were available on the day of the game. We really wanted to see a Cubs game while in Chicago. We are from Boston and so we understand how the Cubs fans feel about their team and how difficult it is to get tickets. We were also excited to visit Wrigley field. We checked for tickets online and through our hotel with very little luck. We decided to head up to the field anyway to see if we could actually get tickets on game day. We got there a few hours before the game on labor day. The box office opens 3 hours before the game for same day tickets. We were able to get great seats right behind the cubs dugout. Standing room tickets were also available, but we opted for the box seats. The experience was worth every penny even though the Cubs lost to Houston. We highly recommend taking in a Cubs game to anyone visiting Chicago who is a baseball fan.

...go to a Cubs game in Wrigley Field! Even as someone completely unfamilar with the game, I had an amazing time. The free flowing beer and hotdogs, the atmosphere, the lively cubbie supporters, the singing and chanting and the history of the stadium make it an absolutely unforgettable experience. If you can't get tickets online, there are always plenty available from the bars beside Wrigley Field. Its a must see in Chicago!

We are die-hard Cardinals fans, but jumped at the opportunity to tour Wrigley field, home to our rival, the Cubs. The tour was nearly 2 hours long, very informative & so much fun. The tour guide was very knowledgable and shared many great stories about baseball traditions that started at Wrigley.

The park itself is small, with small locker rooms, etc., but wow, how neat to be in a place where there has been so much baseball history. The tour included stops in the boxes, press box, visitor locker room, visitor dugout, out on the field, and in the bleachers.

I highly recommend the tour - tickets are $25 each, but it was definitely money well-spent.

Definitely take the red line train to Wrigley - very close to the ballpark -- fascinating that the park is right in the middle of a neighborhood, can't imagine how anyone would try to drive & park there.

Go Cardinals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wrigley Field
First, my key factual feedback on visiting Wrigley Field:
1. Standing Room tickets are available day of game from the Wrigley Field box office for only $15, a great way to get into the ballpark cheap without having to deal with scalpers or high ticket prices from third-party ticket vendors;
2. The Red Line is the way to go to get to/from the game and the downtown area, parking appeared difficult;
3. Enjoy the view from the “Wrigley’s Rooftop” concession area with picnic tables directly above the famous red Wrigley Field sign overlooking the intersection of Clark and Addison as the crowds stream in.

Then, the poetic.
As lifelong baseball fan, finally walking into Wrigley Field and seeing that impeccable green grass, ivy on the brick walls, and hand-operated scoreboard almost took my breath away. Looking around the stadium I could almost hear James Earl Jones memorable soliloquy from 1989’s “Field of Dreams” which might as well have been written for Wrigley Field “The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again.”

Planning a quick business trip, I saw that the Cubs were hosting the Baltimore Orioles in a night game. A check of the Cubs website and third party ticket vendors came in at over $40 for the cheapest available seats, more than I am able to spend even for the Cubs. As I simply don’t like dealing with scalpers (and there are plenty around the stadium), I resigned myself to being unable to make the game, until a friend remembered that Fenway Park in Boston sells Standing Room tickets and suggested I give that a try at Wrigley. Sure enough, the Cubs do sell day of game Standing Room tickets at the Wrigley Field box office; I bought my ticket at lunchtime so apparently they go on sale when the ticket window opens. For $15 I had my no-stress ticket into Wrigley Field which is all I wanted because I didn’t plan to sit anyway. After an easy ride with several hundred of my new best friends on the Red Line to Addison Station from the River North area (there is no need to drive, just take the bus or train, the Red Line stop is less than a block from Wrigley), I joined the happy throng streaming toward the stadium. I’ve been to games in Baltimore, Atlanta, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh…and have never seen anything like this fully decked-out in Cubs gear crowd. I arrived a few minutes after the gates opened and walked right in, I did see lines forming closer to game time. The architecture of Wrigley Field is beautiful, from the famous red sign on the corner of Addison and Clark, to the outfield scoreboard, to the riveted steel construction inside. Granted, the stadium lacks almost all of the features and creature comforts of modern stadiums and has a multitude of design ‘quirks’ such as a shortage of bathrooms, narrow walkways, and plenty of obstructed sight lines (both toward the field and up for fly balls). Be sure to get a hot dog and drink from the vending area right above the red Wrigley Field sign, the area is called “Wrigley’s Rooftop” and is essentially an open air patio with picnic tables and hot dog / beer vendors; enjoy the view of the crowds pouring into the stadium below, ask any of the friendly ushers for directions or look for the signs. After walking all over the stadium (as others have noted, apparently you can’t walk from the main stands to the bleachers), I followed the recommendation of one of the ushers and staked my claim to an obstructed view spot on one of the sloped walkways leading to the upper deck along the first base line. Standing Room patrons are allowed to stand anywhere behind the yellow(?) line painted on the concourses, standing on the ramp allows you to see over the masses of people walking along the main concourses. Everyone I encountered was very friendly and welcoming, during batting practice one of the ushers even offered to take my picture for me as I was a solo traveler. All in all, a great experience, one that every baseball fan, every American really, should enjoy at least once.