Parking and Tailgating for Cold Cup Final - Help!

[tentaguasu]

I'm excited to be going tomorrow to the final at soliders field.

I'd like to tailgate. A few questions that I'd really appreciate help with:

1. Will the South Parking lot be open for parking for anyone? I understand that you need coupons or something for bears games, but am I right that anyone can park there for this?

2. How early can I (should I) get there to get a spot and have ample time to tailgate? If I get there very early, will it still be closed?

3. Is there a better alternative for tailgating?

Thanks for your help!!

[wjarrettc]

We parked in the Waldron deck Thursday just south of the stadium. $30 but plenty of spots left an hour before the USA game. Might be a different story though with El Tri's supporters arriving earlier.

[dabes2]

My best guess would be that they will open Waldron 4 hours before the game so at 10 am.

There is a website for parking that has the match listed, but doesn't say what time they will open. http://www.soldierfieldparking.com/Source/Default.aspx

Someone else posted that they called before the semis and were able to find out that the parking would be $30 and the opening time. So you might want to try that.

I'm going to arrive at noon and hope there will still be spots in Waldron, but think I might be stuck in the south surface lot. Based upon Thursday's experience, the Mexico fans that tailgate like to arrive really early.

[dirtskier]

what about other parking options? I'm coming from the south side, so I probably want to get closer to the stadium, but not to the point wherre I'm spending 30 bucks just to park on a sunday