DMB Means Cubs-like Traffic Restrictions

By Marcus Gilmer in Arts & Entertainment on Sep 17, 2010 3:20PM

Dave Matthews Band begins their two-night run at Wrigley Field this evening - you may have noticed Sheffield closed down between Addison and Clark as crews set up - and that means there will be some Cubs-like traffic restrictions and snarls around Wrigleyville even though the Cubs are 1,000 miles away in Florida for the weekend. According to The Expired Meter, the typical Cubs night game parking restrictions will be in place for the shows this weekend:

The restrictions, normally utilized for about 30 Cubs’ night games throughout the baseball season, restricts street parking in Wrigleyville and the the surrounding Lakeview neighborhood to area residents with the appropriate residential parking permits or drivers with guest parking permits.

Anyone else naive or unlucky enough to park on an effected street during the parking restrictions risk a $60 ticket and being towed to a Chicago auto pound to the tune of $160.

Besides the Sheffield closure, additional street closures around the ballpark will begin at 4 p.m. this afternoon and again tomorrow afternoon. So unless you've got a specific reason to be down there - including the concert - you should save yourself a major travel headache by avoiding the area on your weekend travels altogether or you could find yourself treading trodden trails for a long, long time.