White Sox game
Apr 5, 2005 | 1:01 pm
#2
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Still going through ORD security when boarding has already started
Programs: AA EXP, UA Silver, HH Gold, Bonvoy Gold, IHG Plat, Hyatt Disco, Reno Air MEGA Platinum
Posts: 10,321
The L is pretty easy
You could take the Orange Line from Midway to the Roosevelt stop downtown and then switch to the southbound Red Line and get off at "Sox 35th" which is one block from the ballpark.
Or you could get off on the 35th/Archer stop on the Orange line and take the #35 bus eastbound which would drop you off right in front of the park.
http://www.chicagotransitauthority.c...ystemmaps.html
Or you could get off on the 35th/Archer stop on the Orange line and take the #35 bus eastbound which would drop you off right in front of the park.
http://www.chicagotransitauthority.c...ystemmaps.html
Apr 5, 2005 | 1:37 pm
#3
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: TX
Programs: AA Platinum, IHG Diamond, Hertz President's Circle, Enterprise Platinum
Posts: 1,309
Originally Posted by g_leyser
You could take the Orange Line from Midway to the Roosevelt stop downtown and then switch to the southbound Red Line and get off at "Sox 35th" which is one block from the ballpark.
Or you could get off on the 35th/Archer stop on the Orange line and take the #35 bus eastbound which would drop you off right in front of the park.
http://www.chicagotransitauthority.c...ystemmaps.html
Or you could get off on the 35th/Archer stop on the Orange line and take the #35 bus eastbound which would drop you off right in front of the park.
http://www.chicagotransitauthority.c...ystemmaps.html
This will be April 18-19, do you think I'll have a problem getting tickets on game day?
Apr 5, 2005 | 1:48 pm
#4
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: TX
Programs: AA Platinum, IHG Diamond, Hertz President's Circle, Enterprise Platinum
Posts: 1,309
Originally Posted by g_leyser
You could take the Orange Line from Midway to the Roosevelt stop downtown and then switch to the southbound Red Line and get off at "Sox 35th" which is one block from the ballpark.
Do you buy tickets at the station? How does that work?
Apr 5, 2005 | 2:44 pm
#5
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: MCI
Programs: AA Gold 1MM, AS MVP, UA Silver, WN A-List, Marriott LT Titanium, HH Diamond
Posts: 53,011
Originally Posted by doctall41
Looks pretty simple, is it safe late at night, after a Sox game?
Do you buy tickets at the station? How does that work?
Do you buy tickets at the station? How does that work?
Yes, you can buy a farecard in the train station. I think it's $1.75 each way - you can load the card with $3.50 or $4 or whatever before you board the first train, eliminating the need to reload it at Comiskey, where there might be a line to use the card machine. (Someone correct me if my fare info is out of date!)
As for game tickets, think of the hardest ticket in sports to get. Masters? Super Bowl? Maybe a box seat at one of those Fenway WS games last year? Anyway, consider that experience...
...a White Sox game on a Monday in April is the exact opposite of that.
If you play the scalping game outside the stadium, someone might give you tickets. But...the very fact that you are going to this game means that you are a True Seamhead, so I'd advise perhaps spending a little money (definitely not face value or anything!) for a nice box seat.
Have fun!
Apr 5, 2005 | 3:12 pm
#6
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: TX
Programs: AA Platinum, IHG Diamond, Hertz President's Circle, Enterprise Platinum
Posts: 1,309
Originally Posted by pinniped
The Comiskey area is safe as long as you are there for a Sox game. Arrive before the game, leave after the game. Yeah, it's in a bad part of town, but all sorts of fans ride the train to the games and walk from the station to the stadium.
Yes, you can buy a farecard in the train station. I think it's $1.75 each way - you can load the card with $3.50 or $4 or whatever before you board the first train, eliminating the need to reload it at Comiskey, where there might be a line to use the card machine. (Someone correct me if my fare info is out of date!)
As for game tickets, think of the hardest ticket in sports to get. Masters? Super Bowl? Maybe a box seat at one of those Fenway WS games last year? Anyway, consider that experience...
...a White Sox game on a Monday in April is the exact opposite of that.
If you play the scalping game outside the stadium, someone might give you tickets. But...the very fact that you are going to this game means that you are a True Seamhead, so I'd advise perhaps spending a little money (definitely not face value or anything!) for a nice box seat.
Have fun!
Yes, you can buy a farecard in the train station. I think it's $1.75 each way - you can load the card with $3.50 or $4 or whatever before you board the first train, eliminating the need to reload it at Comiskey, where there might be a line to use the card machine. (Someone correct me if my fare info is out of date!)
As for game tickets, think of the hardest ticket in sports to get. Masters? Super Bowl? Maybe a box seat at one of those Fenway WS games last year? Anyway, consider that experience...
...a White Sox game on a Monday in April is the exact opposite of that.
If you play the scalping game outside the stadium, someone might give you tickets. But...the very fact that you are going to this game means that you are a True Seamhead, so I'd advise perhaps spending a little money (definitely not face value or anything!) for a nice box seat.
Have fun!
Apr 5, 2005 | 3:33 pm
#7
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: MCI
Programs: AA Gold 1MM, AS MVP, UA Silver, WN A-List, Marriott LT Titanium, HH Diamond
Posts: 53,011
Originally Posted by doctall41
Great help! I appreciate all the info. I will definitely ride the orange to roosevelt, then the red to US Cellular (I think you said Comiskey?), and I will for sure buy a good box seat, since I know that attendance won't be Standing Room Only. Thanks again for your help. ^
Are there still cell phone companies that aren't Verizon, Sprint, Cingular, or T-Mobile?
Apr 5, 2005 | 4:26 pm
#8
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Still going through ORD security when boarding has already started
Programs: AA EXP, UA Silver, HH Gold, Bonvoy Gold, IHG Plat, Hyatt Disco, Reno Air MEGA Platinum
Posts: 10,321
Originally Posted by pinniped
Yes, you can buy a farecard in the train station. I think it's $1.75 each way - you can load the card with $3.50 or $4 or whatever before you board the first train, eliminating the need to reload it at Comiskey, where there might be a line to use the card machine. (Someone correct me if my fare info is out of date!)
As long as you don't hang around US Cellular too long after the game it is totally safe.
And yes, tickets should be no problem to get.