Let’s Road Trip: Cubs 2025 Travel Preview

The 2025 season brings new elements to Major League Baseball fan travel. The Athletics now play their “home” games at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, CA, and its 14,000 seats. The Rays will still play in Tampa but at George M. Steinbrenner Field, which has 11,000 seats. Granted, both journeys are to cities that leave a little to be desired from a tourist perspective, but the chance to catch baseball’s best in minor-league confines more than makes up for it. The Cubs won’t see Steinbrenner Field until 2026 but will journey to West Sacramento at the end of March. This allows fans to have some of the most intimate baseball experiences in the history of MLB.

The balanced schedule that debuted in 2023 is still in effect, which means the Cubs will play all 29 other teams during the regular season. Outside of the NL Central series (two home, two away) that occur every season, Cubs fans can travel to any MLB ballpark to catch their favorite team every two years. This year, intrepid roadies can kick off the season with the most epic baseball road trips as the Cubs travel to Tokyo, Japan, to battle the Dodgers in the MLB opener series on March 18 and 19! If this once-in-a-lifetime trip is a bit out of your league, you can still escape to the desert in late March and stay warm in California in mid-April. You can pack a passport to spend mid-August in Toronto or drink in the Rockies in late August.

Besides the excitement and adventure that comes with traveling, joining the team on the road brings some unique perks. When the gates open at game time, it's your team taking batting practice, and you can get as close as possible when the team is looking for a friendly face. After each inning in the field,  you are part of the few and proud in the stands that your team wants to throw the ball to as they head to the dugout. From restaurant and hotel encounters to pre- and post-game conversations, your odds of getting close to the team you love grow exponentially on the road.

In the next several weeks, we will go into detail trip by trip for the Cubs road journeys, complete with must-do activities and travel tips. Today, we take a more 10,000-foot view so that you can begin to daydream about where the 2025 Cubs season might take you. I’ve included the “Total Miles from Wrigley Field and Back Again” that the road trip encompasses for a frame of reference.

There are 14 different Cubs road trips to choose from; let’s go!

Trip 1 - March 18-19 - Tokyo, Japan! vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (12,596 miles!)
Trip 2 - March 27-April 2 - Arizona Diamondbacks and the Athletics (4574 miles)
Trip 3 - April 11-16 - Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres (4233 miles)
Trip 4 - April 29-May 4 - Pittsburgh Pirates and Milwaukee Brewers (1118 miles)
Trip 5 - May 9-11 - New York Mets (1620 miles)
Trip 6 - May 19-25 - Miami Marlins and Cincinnati Reds (2813 miles)
Trip 7 - June 3-11 - Washington Nationals, Detroit Tigers, and Philadelphia Phillies (2572 miles)
Trip 8 - June 23-29 - St. Louis Cardinals and Houston Astros (2172 miles)
Trip 9 - July 8-13 - Minnesota Twins and New York Yankees (2413 miles)
All-Star Break - July 14-17 - Atlanta (1446 miles for some lucky Cubs!)
Trip 10 - July 25-30 - Chicago White Sox and Milwaukee Brewers (193 miles)
Trip 11 - August 8-14 - St. Louis Cardinals and Toronto Blue Jays (1594 miles)
Trip 12 - August 22-31 - Los Angeles Angels, San Francisco Giants, and Colorado Rockies (4733 miles)
Trip 13 - September 8-10 - Atlanta Braves (1446 miles)
Trip 14 - September 15-21 - Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds (1078 miles)

What road trips are you most excited about for the 2025 season? Planning to make any of the journeys? Let’s start daydreaming North Side faithful!

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Let's Road Trip is a series of stories exploring the Cubs' 14 road trips during the 2025 season. I will focus on stadium highlights, attributes, Cubs history, and community amenities. I will also consider potential pitfalls and roadblocks and mention travel considerations. My handy-dandy Baseball Road Trips by Timothy Malcolm and Moon travel guides will be a go-to for this conversation.