Soldier Field Parking
Chicago Bears · Chicago, IL
Know Before You Go
Essential details checked against official venue information.
- Parking payments
Parking facilities immediately around Soldier Field require a prepaid pass, and Museum Campus lots do not offer single-game cash parking.
Applies to: Chicago Bears games
- Parking passes are issued electronically and may be displayed on paper or scanned from a mobile device.
- Cheapest lot
- $25
- Lots listed
- 4
- Closest
- 0.1 miles
Soldier Field offers three tiers of on-site parking ($35-55) plus McCormick Place lots with free shuttle service ($25). Prices vary by event - high-demand games charge a premium. All lots bookable at soldierfieldparking.com. CTA bus routes (#146, #130) and Metra commuter rail serve the Museum Campus area.
Tips & Fan Reports
What fans who park here actually do, and what it cost them.
Park at McCormick Place and walk from there - about 20 minutes to Soldier Field. You avoid the lakefront parking chaos and it's easy to get out after the game.
Pre-purchase parking through the Bears app or SpotHero to guarantee a spot, museum campus lots sell out.
Handicap parking is available in all official lots with a valid placard.
Lake Shore Drive gets extremely congested 2 hours before kickoff. Use I-55 or side streets as alternatives.
Post-game: walk north to Grant Park or the Loop to avoid the worst of the museum campus traffic.
CTA buses and Metra trains drop you within walking distance. Skip the parking hassle entirely.
Consider parking in the Loop or South Loop and walking. It's often faster than sitting in lakefront traffic.
Where to Park
North Garage
$550.1 miles
Multi-level garage closest to Soldier Field. Highest price but shortest walk. Prepurchase recommended.
- Closest parking option
- Prepurchase at soldierfieldparking.com
- Prices vary by event
Waldron Deck
$450.2 miles
Covered deck parking south of the stadium near the lakefront. Good balance of price and proximity.
- Covered parking
- Moderate pricing
- Prepurchase recommended
South Parking Lot
$350.3 miles
Surface lot south of the stadium. Open-air with tailgating atmosphere.
- Tailgating-friendly
- Prepurchase for guaranteed spot
- More space than garages
McCormick Place Lots B & E (Shuttle)
$251.0 miles + shuttleCheapest
Free shuttle service to Soldier Field for Bears games and select events. Budget option with guaranteed transportation.
- Free shuttle to stadium
- Budget-friendly option
- Prepurchase at soldierfieldparking.com
Or Skip the Car
- CTA (No Car Needed) · Multiple CTA bus routes serve Museum Campus/Soldier Field area. #146 Inner Drive/Michigan Express and #130 Museum Campus are best for game days. Metra from suburbs to downtown + CTA bus.
Parking Rules
What the pass covers, what gets turned away, and the lots that run on their own rules.
Your Pass
- Parking immediately around the stadium requires a pre-paid pass, and those lots open four hours before kickoff.
- Lots close three hours after day games, and immediately following night games. Tailgating ends two hours after the game.
- Overnight parking is prohibited.
- Each lot is worked by coupon colour: North Garage is orange or blue, Waldron Deck white, South Lot red, East Museum yellow, Adler Planetarium purple, and the family-friendly alcohol-free lot off-white with black stripes.
- The Burnham Harbor lot is only available from November onward.
- Shuttles from 31st Street McCormick Place Lot B start two hours before kickoff and run until two hours after the game. The Millennium garages have no shuttle.
Not Allowed In
- Any vehicle that does not fit inside the lines of one regular space — bus, camper or otherwise — cannot use the standard lots and must reserve the Adler Lot or use 31st Street McCormick Place Lot B.
- Buses, taxis and limousines may not enter the Soldier Field campus from 90 minutes after kickoff until one hour after the game ends.
- Overnight parking is not permitted in any lot.
Accessible Parking
Every lot is ADA compliant, but a pre-paid coupon is still required to enter one. Without a coupon, park at 31st Street McCormick Place Lot B and take the free accessible shuttle.
- Every parking lot is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
- A pre-paid parking coupon is required to park in the lots, accessible spaces included.
- Guests without a pre-paid coupon can use 31st Street McCormick Place Lot B, which has free ADA-accessible shuttles.
- Those shuttles drop off at the ADA turnaround at Gate 14.
RV Parking
Campers and any vehicle too large for a single space are reserved into the Adler Planetarium lot through SoldierFieldParking.com, or park at 31st Street McCormick Place Lot B when space allows.
- An oversized vehicle is any that does not fit inside the lines of one designated regular space.
- Oversized spaces are reserved at the Adler Lot via SoldierFieldParking.com.
- RVs can also park at 31st Street McCormick Place Lot B when available.
- Overnight parking is prohibited, so an RV cannot stay after the game.
Bus & Limo Parking
Buses reserve oversized spaces at the Adler Lot or use 31st Street Lot B, and there is a window either side of the final whistle when no bus, taxi or limousine may enter the campus at all.
- Buses reserve oversized parking at the Adler Lot through SoldierFieldParking.com, or use 31st Street McCormick Place Lot B when available.
- Buses, taxi cabs and limousines may not enter the Soldier Field campus from 90 minutes after kickoff until one hour after the game is over.
- Buses may drop off and pick up guests on Columbus Drive, north of Balbo.
Chicago Bears Car Gear
Window flags, plate frames, and decals to fly Chicago Bears colors in the lot.
Shop on AmazonAffiliate link — we may earn a commission, at no cost to you. It never affects our prices or rankings. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Report a Price We Missed
Something not on the list, or a ticket or parking price? Tell us what you paid and we will check it.
How We Checked This Page
Every section below names the source it was read from and the day it was read. Where we could not reach a published figure, the page says so rather than presenting an estimate as a checked fact.
- Parking guidance
Official Chicago Bears parking and transit guide, read 2026-08-14: pre-paid coupon requirement and the colour assigned to each Museum Campus lot, the four-hour opening and the closing times that differ for day and night games, the overnight ban, ADA coupon rules and the free accessible shuttle from 31st Street Lot B to the Gate 14 turnaround, oversized-vehicle placement at the Adler Lot, and the window in which buses, taxis and limousines may not enter the campus. Per-lot approach routes, per-lot prices and map URLs are not published on this page; soldierfield.com defers to SoldierFieldParking.com, which serves no content to a plain fetch.
- Venue policies
Chicago Bears and Soldier Field A-Z, bag-policy, and mobile-ticket pages reviewed for visitor-facing policies.
Not yet checked against a published source
These figures are estimates. Most venues no longer publish the numbers behind them — concession and ticket pricing moved to dynamic marketplaces — so we hold them as estimates rather than dating them as verified.
- Parking prices — Never checked against a published rate: the venue's parking page, read 2026-09-05, publishes none — the lots around the stadium need a pre-paid pass and the Grant Park and Millennium garages charge the "regular daily posted rate", with no figure given for either. The 2026-07-27 figures were compiled from third-party listings (was: "Soldier Field 2026: Museum Campus lots $12-$50 on Bears game days, against $22 on non-event days").