Cubs Night Parking Begins Tonight
By Chuck Sudo in News on Apr 18, 2011 1:00PM
Tonight is the first night game of the Cubs 2011 home season, which means the immediate area around Wrigley Field, already strained for street parking during day games, becomes, in the words of Ted Nugent, a free-for-all. We never cease to be amazed at the number of people going to the game who are willing to be gouged by residents living near the park renting their parking spaces for exorbitant fees. the city will also have ticket writers out and about to drum up city revenue
Tow trucks will be out in force this evening clearing residential side streets of vehicles not tagged with the appropriate residential neighborhood stickers or guest passes. The best way to avoid this is to take public transportation to the game. The Red Line train, Clark Street and Addison Street buses will be running extra trains and buses before and after the game, and the Purple Line will be making its stop at the Sheridan station for Cubs fans attending the game points directly north. If you must drive, consider taking the Wrigley Field shuttle buses that start at the DeVry parking lot a couple of miles west of the Friendly Confines. You can park your car in the lot and it'll be there for you when you leave the game.
The Expired Meter has a nice primer on how to avoid the headaches of parking around Wrigley Field during night games, starting with "Stay the hell out of the neighborhood on the evenings of Cub’s [sic] night games."