Baseball Game Residential Parking Permits Information

The City of Chicago's Baseball Game Residential Permit Parking Program is designed to preserve legal on-street parking for area residents around Wrigley and U.S. Cellular Fields resulting from baseball games and night games. This is accomplished through the distribution and display of special Baseball Residential Parking Permits.

Who is eligible for parking permits?
Residents living within the program area of both ball parks are eligible for baseball parking permits.  The following wards are included: 11th, 32nd, 44th, and 47th.  Also, each household is automatically eligible for one permanent guest permit that is valid for the entire season.  Residents do not have to own a vehicle to receive a guest permit.  Only proof of residence will be required.  To find out if you are eligible for Baseball Residential Parking Permits, please download the brochure at the bottom of this page that applies to you.  If you are new to the community, have a new car and have never received parking permits through the mail, or need additional guest permits, please contact your local alderman's office listed below.

How does this program work?
Game parking permits are distributed to local residents of both U.S. Cellular and Wrigley Fields.

Street signs will indicate what permits apply.

Motorists who park near Wrigley field are required to display a residential parking permit or night game permit during night games.

Motorists near U.S. Cellular Field should display residential parking permit as well as the Baseball Residential Parking Permit.  Areas near U.S. Cellular Field that are not residential parking zones are only required to display a Baseball Parking Permit.

Local residents of both ball parks will receive guest passes and single game passes intended for private use only.  People attempting to sell these passes illegally to game visitors will be risking fines of up to $500.  In addition, visitors who purchase illegal parking passes face the same fines.

Do the permits authorize illegal parking?
No, the permits do not authorize illegal parking.

Where should the permits be displayed?
Permits should be displayed on the driver's (left) side of the windshield in the lower corner.

What about enforcement?

Important Enforcement Information:

• It is illegal to display a parking permit to any automobile other than the vehicle to which it was originally issued.
  
• It is illegal for any person other than the city or an agent of the city to knowingly sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, or acquire for the purpose of sale any parking permit.
  
• It is illegal to purchase any parking permit from any person or entity other than the city or an agent of the city.   
  
• Any person violating these provisions will be subject to a fine of up to $500. To report abuses near U.S. Cellular Field, call 911.  To report abuses near Wrigley Field, call the hotline at 866.4.CPD.TOW (866.427.3869).

In some areas, the City of Chicago may tow illegally parked vehicles from street to a city auto pound.  It will cost, at a minimum, $150.00 to retrieve a vehicle (Visa, MasterCard accepted).  To locate a towed vehicle, call 311 or check the City Website.

What are required to obtain a permit?
To receive a permit, the applicant must provide the following:

1. A copy of both sides of the receipt from your current City Vehicle Sticker and the license plate number (mandatory to receive a residential parking sticker).
2. You must also provide one of the followings for proof of residency:

• A current utility bill showing your address.
• A mortgage or rent lease.
• A driver's license.
• A voter's registration card.

How do I get a Baseball Parking Permit?

Eligible residents will receive the baseball parking permits through the mail.

If you are new to the community, have a new car, have never received a parking permit through the mail, or need additional guest permits, you can contact the locations below.

Business/Church Guest Parking/Access permits will be available to area businesses and churches from the ward offices.  These permits allow customers and congregation members to park in legal on-street spaces and gain access to off-street business/church parking within the program area.  Please request permit orders in writing to your respective aldermen.

Please see section 09-68-020 of the Chicago Municipal Code for more information.