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Rate Field (formerly Guaranteed Rate Field)

Home of the Chicago White Sox on the South Side — tickets, getting there, and how it compares to Wrigley Field's older-park charm.

By the Extra Chicago editorial team·Updated Oct 20262 min read·2 sections

Fans in the stands at Guaranteed Rate Field, Chicago

Photo: Boris Balsindes Urquiola / Unsplash

The short version

✓Home of the Chicago White Sox, on the South Side near the Bridgeport neighborhood.
✓Renamed Rate Field in December 2024 after sponsor Guaranteed Rate's corporate rebrand — before that it was Guaranteed Rate Field, U.S. Cellular Field, and Comiskey Park. Naming-rights sponsors change; verify the current official name before booking or printing anything.
✓A more modern, amenity-heavy stadium than Wrigley Field's century-old bones, with wider concourses and more contemporary seating.
✓Reachable directly by the CTA Red Line's dedicated stop, making it one of the easier major-league venues in the city to reach without a car.
✓Ticket prices and the game schedule shift constantly — verify current listings before planning a trip around a specific date.

The White Sox's modern home, and how it compares to Wrigley

The White Sox's South Side ballpark sits near Bridgeport, considerably newer in construction than Wrigley Field's 1914 bones, and it shows in the layout — wider concourses, more contemporary sightlines, and the kind of modern-stadium amenities that a century-old ballpark simply wasn't built to accommodate. Stadium naming rights in professional sports change periodically, and this one has changed more than most: it opened as Comiskey Park in 1991, became U.S. Cellular Field in 2003, Guaranteed Rate Field in 2016, and was shortened to Rate Field in December 2024 after its sponsor's corporate rebrand. Verify the current official name directly before you buy tickets or print anything.

Where Wrigley trades on atmosphere and history, this stadium trades on comfort and modern conveniences — a genuinely different game-day experience for the same sport, and a real point of comparison for any visitor trying to decide which Chicago ballpark experience they'd rather have. Neither is objectively better; they're simply different versions of the same civic ritual, split across two very different sides of the city.

A packed baseball stadium crowd with Wrigley Field in the background

Chicago Sports Venues Guide

How Rate Field fits alongside Wrigley Field and the city's other major-league venues.

Wrigley Field

The Cubs' century-old North Side home, and the natural point of comparison.

Getting there, and the South Side setting

The Red Line runs directly to a dedicated stop for the stadium, which makes Rate Field one of the more straightforward major-league venues in the city to reach without a car — a genuine advantage over stadiums that require a longer walk or a rideshare from the nearest transit stop. The surrounding Bridgeport neighborhood carries its own distinct, working-class South Side character, different in feel from the sports-bar density that surrounds Wrigley Field.

As with any major-league venue, ticket pricing and the game schedule shift constantly across a season, and any specific date or price should be verified directly against the team's current listings rather than assumed from a prior visit or an outdated source.

Reachable directly by the Red Line's dedicated stop — no car needed.
A more modern, amenity-forward stadium than Wrigley Field's older, more storied bones.
Renamed Rate Field in December 2024 (formerly Guaranteed Rate Field, U.S. Cellular Field, Comiskey Park) — verify the current official name before booking, since sponsors can change again.