Game at U.S. Cellular: Parking?

Local Experts:

We%26#39;re planning on going to the A%26#39;s / Sox game next Monday evening. What%26#39;s the deal with parking, i.e. availability, cost, etc. How much is the pay lot? How easy is it to find street parking if we get there early? Is the area relatively safe if walking to/from game with the just the wife and I?

I know that the Red Line is the best alternative, but we will have to drive in because...well just because.

It%26#39;s been 10-yrs since I last went to a Sox game, and I%26#39;m really excited to be coming back home...

Thanks in advance.

Game at U.S. Cellular: Parking?

The Cell has their own parking lots. Street parking on a game day? Nope. Just follow the traffic. Don%26#39;t forget to allow extra time due to construction on the Dan Ryan Expressway. 鈥lb.com/cws/ballpark/driving_directions.jsp

Game at U.S. Cellular: Parking?

There%26#39;s plenty of parking around the Cell, but all the lots are $20. Last year I found free street parking on S Michigan Ave between 34th and 35th. Noticed a lot of other fans were parking on the same street. It%26#39;s about a mile walk from there, and it%26#39;s safe. You%26#39;re just a block east of the green line, which a lot of people take to the game, and another 5 blocks or so to the stadium. Another alternative is parking for $2 at the Halsted/Archer ';park n ride'; lot and take the orange line 1 stop to the red line and 2 stops to the Cell (3 stops total).

RE: 34th and S. Michigan: If memory serves, aren%26#39;t there housing projects on the other side of the Dan Ryan? Is it really safe? How about west of the park? Are there places to just not park/walk after the game?

Thanks again.

I disagree with the other poster. Spend the $$ and park in the Sox lots. It%26#39;s well lit and secure. I would not walk in the immediate area of the park or east of the Ryan, especially in the evening.

In the last few years, the area around the park has completely changed. The Robert Taylor Homes are completely gone, and there%26#39;s only 1 high-rise slum left, which is in the process of being torn down. On the corner of State %26amp; 35th are beautiful new town homes being built, and the area is nothing what it was like 10 years ago.

Take a look at this thread: www.whitesoxinteractive.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=1548396%26amp;highlight=35th+state#post1548396

And this one:

www.whitesoxinteractive.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=83383%26amp;highlight=state+%26amp%3B+35th

It%26#39;s really neat to see the area around the ballpark change for the better.

Street parking in Bridgeport (west of the ballpark) requires residential permits. Just drive around the ballpark if you get there early, and see the gentrification going around, on both sides of the Dan Ryan. Hope this helps.

I really would not park on the street. If you have been to Candlestick and parked on the streets closer to Gilman, or parking on E. 14th (aka International) or San Pablo, I%26#39;d just pony up the Jackson.

What about pace bus go go sox express?

...so here%26#39;s what we ended up doing.

We parked on Halsted west of the park.

It was a hike but it was free. It was ';the secret spot'; that my friend%26#39;s family has used for 20-years now. And, it%26#39;s right next to Schaller%26#39;s Pump.

By the by, Comiskey (yeah, I said it) looks great. The chopped top, roof, and new seats make it look better than I remembered in 1996. Although not being able to walk around the main concourse with an upper deck ticket is just dumb.

good makeup