Chicago Bears Tickets

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Getting into a Chicago Bears game has never been a simple transaction. It’s a small negotiation with the city itself — with Lake Michigan wind, with Museum Campus traffic, with a secondary ticket market that behaves more like a stock exchange than a box office. Anyone who has tried to buy a seat for a September matchup at Soldier Field knows that the sticker price on Ticketmaster is only the opening bid in a much longer story.

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This guide walks through that story in full: where the Bears actually play right now, how the official and resale markets work, what a fair price looks like in 2026, how to get in and out of the stadium without losing an afternoon to parking chaos, and what the team’s ongoing stadium saga means for the tickets in your hand. Along the way, we’ll flag the real phone numbers, addresses, and websites you need — not vague pointers, but the actual coordinates of Bears football.

Where the Bears Play Right Now

For the 2026 season, the Chicago Bears remain at Soldier Field, located at 1410 S. Museum Campus Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605 (also listed on some maps as 1410 Special Olympics Drive). The stadium sits on the Museum Campus along the lakefront, sandwiched between the Field Museum, the Adler Planetarium, and the Shedd Aquarium — arguably the single most scenic backdrop in the NFL, and also one of the most logistically complicated approaches to any home game in the league.

Soldier Field holds roughly 61,500 fans, making it the smallest capacity venue in the NFL. That scarcity is precisely why Bears tickets, especially for marquee opponents, run hotter than the market average for a franchise that hasn’t made a Super Bowl appearance since the 2006 season. Supply is tight by design — the bowl simply doesn’t have the room that newer stadiums in Dallas, Las Vegas, or Atlanta do — and every ticket search on the secondary market reflects that tightness.

It’s worth saying plainly: this arrangement is temporary. The Bears have been trying to leave Soldier Field, in one form or another, since 2021, and the 2026 season is unfolding while that process is still very much alive. We’ll get into what that means for your tickets later in this guide, but for now, if you’re buying for a home game this year, you’re buying for Soldier Field.

The Official Route: Ticketmaster and the Bears Ticket Office

The safest and most straightforward way to buy a Chicago Bears ticket is directly through the team’s official channels. Single-game tickets go on sale through Ticketmaster following the NFL’s annual schedule release, and the Bears route all official sales through their own site as well.

Chicago Bears official tickets page: chicagobears.com/tickets
Ticketmaster (official partner): ticketmaster.com/chicago-bears-tickets
Chicago Bears Ticket Office phone: (847) 615-BEAR — that’s (847) 615-2327
Ticket Office hours: Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM CST

The Bears use demand-based pricing on single-game tickets, which is a polite industry term for what you’d expect: prices move with the opponent, the day of the week, and how the season is trending. A Thursday night game against a division rival in a playoff race prices very differently than a 12:00 PM Sunday slot against a rebuilding team in December. Don’t expect a flat, printed price list — expect something closer to airline fare pricing, where the number on the screen today may not be the number tomorrow.

On game day itself, the Bears operate a physical Ticket Office at Gate 8, in the southeast corner of the stadium, for last-minute questions, will-call issues, and accessible seating exchanges. Note that this is separate from the Soldier Field Box Office, which is discussed below — the two operate under different rules and accept different forms of payment.

The Secondary Market: Where Most Fans Actually Buy

Here’s an uncomfortable truth about NFL tickets in 2026: for a popular team like the Bears, a meaningful share of tickets in circulation for any given game originated with a season-ticket holder who is reselling through an authorized exchange, not with a fan buying direct from the box office. That’s not a loophole — it’s simply how the modern ticket economy is structured, and several reputable marketplaces specialize in exactly this kind of resale.

The major players worth knowing:

Vivid Seats — one of the largest resale marketplaces for Bears games, backed by a 100% buyer guarantee. As of this season, listed prices on Vivid Seats start around $15 for lower-demand matchups, with an average sale price closer to $163, though that number swings wildly based on opponent and seat location.
AXS — another major marketplace carrying Bears inventory throughout the regular season.
StubHub and SeatGeek — both carry substantial Bears inventory and are worth cross-checking against Vivid Seats and AXS before you commit, since pricing for identical seating sections can vary meaningfully between platforms.
RateYourSeats — useful less as a purchase point and more as a research tool, since it lets you study seating charts and sightlines before you buy anywhere.

A practical habit worth building: never buy on the first platform you open. Bears tickets, more than most NFL inventory, show real price spread across marketplaces for the same section and row, because different sellers list the same physical ticket at different markups. Five minutes of cross-referencing across two or three sites routinely saves real money, especially on tickets over $200.

Season Tickets: The Long Game

Season tickets are a different animal entirely, and for the Bears specifically, they’re one of the more coveted commodities in Chicago sports. The team’s season-ticket waitlist has, at various points, stretched into the tens of thousands of names, and a mid-market seat license or membership can take years to surface. Most fans who want season tickets right now end up buying into an existing account through the resale market rather than waiting on the official list.

Season ticket packages purchased through resale channels currently start around $1,310 and average roughly $2,822 for the full home slate, according to current Vivid Seats listings — though that number is highly sensitive to seat location, with lower-bowl and club seats running dramatically higher than upper-deck packages. If you’re weighing season tickets against buying single games individually, run the math on your specific target seats before assuming season tickets are automatically the better value; for casual fans who might attend three or four games a year, single-game purchases through Ticketmaster or a resale marketplace are almost always cheaper.

What Actually Drives Bears Ticket Prices

A few forces move the market more than anything else, and understanding them will make you a sharper buyer regardless of which platform you use.

Opponent matters more than almost anything. A visit from the Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, or Detroit Lions — the Bears’ NFC North rivals — routinely commands a premium over a game against a non-divisional opponent with a losing record. Games against marquee quarterbacks or teams with large traveling fan bases (Kansas City, Philadelphia) also spike pricing.

Day and time matter. Sunday afternoon games are the baseline. Primetime slots — Thursday Night Football, Sunday Night Football, Monday Night Football — carry a premium because they draw a broader national and local audience competing for the same seats.

Team performance during the season shifts everything. A hot start under a new coaching staff can send late-season ticket prices climbing as fans sense a playoff race; a slide into a lost season does the opposite, and by December, tickets for non-marquee matchups can dip below face value on the resale market.

Weather season is a real variable. Late-season home games in November and December at an open-air stadium on the lakefront are not for the faint of heart, and that reality is sometimes reflected in softer pricing for the coldest dates — a silver lining for budget-conscious fans willing to bundle up.

Timing your own purchase matters too. Prices are typically highest right after the schedule release in the spring, dip through the summer as initial hype settles, and then become unpredictable week-to-week once the season starts and team performance becomes the dominant factor. Buyers chasing the lowest possible price often do best watching a specific game for a few weeks rather than buying on impulse the day tickets appear.

Reading the Stadium: Where to Sit

Soldier Field’s bowl is unusually intimate for an NFL venue, which is both its charm and its challenge. A few orientation points that matter when you’re comparing seat maps across ticket platforms:

Lower bowl (100-level): Closest to the field, priced accordingly, with sections near midfield commanding the steepest premiums of any ticket in the building.
Club level (200-level): Includes indoor concourse access and climate-controlled lounges, a meaningful upgrade for late-season games when temperatures drop.
Upper bowl (300-level): The most affordable tickets in the stadium and, thanks to Soldier Field’s compact footprint, still offers a genuinely watchable view of the field — a detail that separates it from upper-deck seating in some larger modern stadiums.
End zone sections: Generally the best value-to-experience ratio in the building for fans who care more about atmosphere and price than sightlines directly down the sideline.

If you’re unfamiliar with the venue, spend a few minutes with an interactive seating chart before buying — both Ticketmaster’s listing and RateYourSeats’ seating tool let you preview the actual view from a section before you commit.

Getting to Soldier Field: Parking, Addresses, and Logistics

Soldier Field sits on the Museum Campus, and getting there on game day requires a plan, not improvisation. The official lots and their general locations:

North Garage — accessed via coupon (blue or orange) for season parking holders, also available for cash and pre-purchased parking on a space-available basis.
Waldron Deck — south of the stadium, accessible from 18th Street, white coupon for season holders.
South Lot — situated below Waldron Deck, red coupon, limited availability.
Adler Planetarium Lot — entrance on Linn White Drive west of Special Olympics Drive; this is the primary drive-up, cash-friendly option for fans without a pre-purchased pass, including oversized vehicles, RVs, and buses. Tailgating is permitted here.
East Museum Lot — yellow coupon for season holders.
Burnham Harbor Lot — entrance on Waldron Drive and Special Olympics Drive, opens for game-day parking beginning in November.

Prices on Bears game days for official Museum Campus lots generally run from roughly $16 on the low end to $50–65 for premium spots close to the gates, and jump further for last-minute, gate-side purchases. Pre-purchasing through SoldierFieldParking.com is almost always cheaper than paying at the gate, and it’s the only way to guarantee a spot in the busiest lots. For questions or last-minute changes, the Soldier Field Parking hotline is 312-235-7724.

If you’d rather skip the lot entirely, off-site garages in the South Loop offer a longer walk in exchange for meaningfully lower prices — the trade-off is worth considering for anyone attending with a group willing to hoof it ten or fifteen minutes. Parking is strictly prohibited in the residential streets bordered by Roosevelt Road to the north, Cermak Road to the south, DuSable Lake Shore Drive to the east, and Clark Street to the west; the city tickets and tows aggressively in that zone on game days, so don’t gamble on a “free” street spot inside those boundaries.

Lots typically open about four hours before kickoff. Plan to arrive at least ninety minutes before kickoff if you’re simply parking and walking in, and two to three hours early if you intend to tailgate.

Getting In: Gates, Will Call, and Accessible Seating

Ticket pickup and entry logistics are straightforward once you know the layout:

Will Call for Bears games is located at the window outside Gate 10, on the southeast side of Soldier Field, and typically opens two hours before kickoff. Bring the physical credit card used for purchase, a government-issued photo ID, and your confirmation number.
The game-day Ticket Office sits at Gate 8, southeast corner of the stadium, for on-site questions and exchanges.
The Soldier Field Box Office itself, reachable at (312) 235-7000, is open only on event days and — notably — accepts cash only for Bears games specifically, a detail that trips up more fans than you’d expect in an increasingly cashless city.
Accessible seating for Bears games isn’t handled through the general box office. Purchase the best available standard ticket first, then contact the Bears directly at (847) 615-2327 to arrange an exchange after your purchase is complete.

Bag policies at Soldier Field are strict and enforced at every gate: no outside cameras or recording devices beyond a standard phone, no umbrellas, no cans or bottles. Smoking is prohibited throughout the stadium under the Smoke-Free Illinois Act, with no designated outdoor smoking areas and no re-entry once you’ve left.

Avoiding Scams on the Secondary Market

The resale market is legitimate and, for most fans, unavoidable — but it’s also where the overwhelming majority of Bears ticket fraud happens. A few rules worth following without exception:

Stick to platforms with a published buyer guarantee — Vivid Seats, StubHub, SeatGeek, and AXS all offer some form of protection if a ticket turns out to be invalid, duplicated, or never delivered. That guarantee is the entire reason to pay a markup over a stranger’s Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace listing.

Never wire money, use gift cards, or send payment through a peer-to-peer app for a ticket purchased outside a verified marketplace. Legitimate resale platforms process payment through their own secure checkout — if a seller is steering you off-platform to “save on fees,” that’s the clearest scam signal in the business.

Watch for prices that look too good relative to everything else on the market for the same section. A ticket priced dramatically below comparable listings for a high-demand game is far more likely to be fraudulent than it is to be a genuine bargain.

Confirm the delivery method before you buy. Mobile transfer tickets tied to a specific account are the current industry standard and the hardest to counterfeit; be more cautious with PDF or print-at-home tickets for high-demand games, since those are easier to duplicate and resell to multiple buyers.

The Future of Bears Tickets: Arlington Heights and the Stadium Question

No honest guide to Bears tickets in 2026 can ignore the elephant in the room: this franchise has been actively trying to leave Soldier Field since 2021, and the situation remains unresolved as this season kicks off.

The Bears purchased the 326-acre former Arlington International Racecourse site in Arlington Heights back in 2023 for roughly $197 million, with plans for an enclosed stadium and a surrounding entertainment district. That plan stalled for years over property-tax disputes, briefly pivoted toward a domed lakefront stadium proposal in Chicago that would have required billions in public financing, lost momentum when Illinois Governor JB Pritzker declined to back state funding for that lakefront plan, and then swung back toward Arlington Heights. This spring, the Illinois House passed a “megaprojects” bill viewed as a critical step toward making an Arlington Heights stadium financially workable, and the Bears have also kept a northwest Indiana site — reportedly near Hammond — in play as leverage, with Indiana officials dangling roughly a billion dollars in incentives to lure the franchise across the state line.

None of that changes where you’re sitting this season — Bears home games in 2026 are still happening at Soldier Field. But it’s worth understanding the backdrop, because it shapes how the team talks about the “final years” at Soldier Field in its own marketing, and because a confirmed relocation, whenever it happens, would be one of the more significant venue shifts in recent NFL history. If you’re the type of fan who wants to say you saw a game at Soldier Field before the Bears’ next chapter begins, that clock — however slowly it’s ticking — is running.

A Few Editorial Notes on Value

Buying a Bears ticket well isn’t really about finding a magic discount code. It’s about matching your expectations to the market honestly. If you want a marquee primetime game against a rival, you should expect to pay a real premium, and shopping around across two or three marketplaces will save you money without changing that fundamental math. If price is your primary concern, a December afternoon game against a non-contender, purchased a week or two out rather than the moment tickets appear, is consistently the softest corner of the market.

The upper bowl at Soldier Field deserves more respect than upper-deck seating usually gets in this league — the stadium’s compact bowl means even the cheapest seats keep you closer to the action than equivalent seats almost anywhere else in the NFL. Don’t assume a lower price means a bad experience.

And whatever seat you end up in, build in real time for parking and entry. Soldier Field’s Museum Campus location is one of the most beautiful settings in professional sports, but beauty and convenience aren’t the same thing, and the fans who show up with a plan always have a better afternoon than the ones who don’t.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Soldier Field located? Soldier Field is at 1410 S. Museum Campus Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605, on the city’s lakefront Museum Campus.

What is the Chicago Bears Ticket Office phone number? (847) 615-BEAR, or (847) 615-2327, staffed Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM CST.

Where do I pick up will-call tickets for a Bears game? At the Will Call window outside Gate 10, on the southeast side of Soldier Field, typically opening two hours before kickoff. Bring your ID, the purchasing credit card, and your confirmation number.

Does the Soldier Field Box Office take credit cards? No — the Soldier Field Box Office accepts cash only for Chicago Bears games specifically. Bring cash if you’re buying at the gate.

What’s the best website to buy Chicago Bears tickets? For guaranteed official pricing and team-verified inventory, use Ticketmaster or chicagobears.com/tickets. For resale inventory, Vivid Seats and AXS are both reputable, buyer-guarantee-backed options worth comparing before you buy.

Are the Bears leaving Soldier Field? The team has been pursuing a move for years, most actively toward a new stadium on its Arlington Heights property, with a northwest Indiana site also under consideration. No relocation has been finalized, and the Bears are playing their full 2026 home schedule at Soldier Field.

How much does parking cost at Soldier Field on a Bears game day? Official Museum Campus lots generally range from about $16 to $65 depending on the lot and how far in advance you purchase, with the Adler Planetarium Lot serving as the main cash, drive-up option.

Can I request accessible seating for a Bears game after I’ve already bought a ticket? Yes. Purchase the best available standard seat first, then call the Bears directly at (847) 615-2327 to arrange an accessible seating exchange.