Mon circuit de jour de match

Monica Reyes

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If it’s got bleachers, boards, lanes, or a mini-golf windmill, I’ve probably been there with a lukewarm coffee in hand. This is my little loop of Chicago spots where I burn off a week of routing freight—sometimes by yelling at a ref, sometimes by shanking nine straight drives into Lake Michigan. Mix of big arenas and scruffy gems, all tried on actual Saturdays when I should’ve been doing laundry instead.

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Name	Type	Neighborhood	Best time	My take	Address	City
1Wrigley Field	MLB ballpark	Lakeview / Wrigleyville	Sunny afternoon, weekday if you can swing it	Feels less like a stadium and more like your loud cousin’s backyard, if your cousin charged $14 for beer and had ivy on the walls.	1060 W Addison St, Chicago, IL 60613	Chicago
2Rate Field (White Sox)	MLB ballpark	Armour Square	Night game with fireworks	Call it whatever the sponsor wants; it’s Sox Park in my brain and the place where I learned to keep score and eat elotes in the same inning.	333 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60616	Chicago
3United Center	NBA/NHL arena	Near West Side	Weeknight game, doors right at open	You don’t really get how big the Madhouse is until you’re hoofing it in from parking with a thousand people in matching Kane and DeRozan jerseys.	1901 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60612	Chicago
4Diversey Driving Range & Mini Golf	Golf driving range & mini golf	Lincoln Park / Lakefront	Golden hour, just before sunset	Where my slice goes to admire the skyline. You’ll hit a bucket, swear you’re quitting golf, then line up another because the view from the upper deck is rude like that.	141 W Diversey Pkwy, Chicago, IL 60657	Chicago