Getting to Progressive Field
Cleveland Guardians · Cleveland, OH
Progressive Field's arrival guidance is really parking guidance, and its most useful details are the windows: the Great Day Improvements Garage opens three hours before first pitch and no earlier, and you can stay in it for seven hours after the event starts. Two separate roadworks programmes — ODOT's highway projects and the city's Memorial Bridges Loop — are live around the ballpark.
Tips & Fan Reports
The garage opens exactly three hours before game time — arrive earlier and you will be turned away.
The garage uses licence-plate readers and bills automatically on exit; register at app.metropolis.io or by QR code inside.
You can stay in the garage up to seven hours after the event starts, which covers a long rain delay.
P-Lot premium parking enters via Bolivar Road, not the main garage entrance.
ADA parking is first-come, first-served — tell the attendant on arrival.
Ways In
- Driving
- Progressive Field is at 2401 Ontario St. Pre-purchased parking is in the Great Day Improvements Garage at 650 E Huron Rd, which opens three hours before game time and not before; passes arriving earlier are turned away, and you may stay up to seven hours after the start. P-Lot premium passes enter the same garage via Bolivar Road. ODOT has several major highway projects running around the ballpark and the city has lane restrictions for the Memorial Bridges Loop, so check both before heading downtown.
- Public Transit
- The ballpark's directions and parking page names no transit route and publishes no stop — it covers driving and parking only. Plan any rail or bus leg from RTA's own map.
- Rideshare
- Uber/Lyft drop-off is on Carnegie Avenue near the main gates. Post-game pickup is relatively easy. Expect 5-10 minutes from downtown hotels.
Cleveland Guardians Travel Gear
Clear bags, ponchos, and packable layers for getting to the gate.
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- Getting there
Progressive Field directions and parking page on mlb.com/guardians
- Transit
GCRTA fares: individual cash fare $2.50 on Bus, Rapid and BRT; All-Day Pass $5.00. Driving entries carry no transit fare by definition
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