Worth the trip! Free admission and parking. Get there early for decent parking. If souvenirs, concessions, fan interaction aren't your thing, then come in the back way off of Rt 50, to stadium drive and go right. Follow road to (S) and youll find parking. This is the late arrivers area but avoids the crush of people at the main area. Short walk to practice fields. Things of note if your enter on back side off of Stadium drive. There are porta johns, but outside the entrance, just keep your pass and youll be ok. The gate will ask to see the pass when you re-enter. All concessions and souvenirs and player access are on the other side of field. Bring a cooler, (they will check for booze) and food. As long as you clean up after your self , no one will bother you. Bring a folding chair! If you don't, you stand or sit on ground which is harder to see. If your lucky , there might be space in metal bleachers to sit. If your really pleasant to the guys in the golf carts, they may give you a ride to your car. They arent required but under sympathy conditions they might. Other notes. When you enter fields from back side, that is Gate 3. At this gate, field 1 will be on ur right. During practice, the starters on offense and defense , will usually scrimmage here . Next to that is field 2. Reserves usually scrimmage there, though sometimes various groups will do short drills on field 2. Field 3 to your left is often the kicker, punter and specials teams. Field 4 which is behind 3 to the (S) usually isnt used but sometimes has injured players working out or having meetings. Sometimes if your lucky players will come to sidelines on this side and sign autographs. (Usually they do this on the other end towards the main gate and after practice.) So plan accordingly, Wear a hat and put on sunscreen it can get hot for being out here during the morning for almost 3 hrs. One last thing, if you want to avoid traffic in the way out, leave when the last whistle blows at 1045-55. At that time players will gather at middle of field with Coach and theres a brief team meeting to end session. After that, several players will spend last 10 mins bs'ing or a few will run some drill's after practice and many will sign autographs. Then players & coaches talk to media. This is your cue to leave to avoid traffic. Thats all I can think of. Its fun to see them up close hitting and trash talking each other. Good luck and have fun. read more

The start of football season means watching endless hours of football and scheduling activities around Bears' games. Come December I am tired of this routine; however, during pre-season I am optimistic and cheerful about the upcoming year. This is why Bears' Training Camp is perfect for me. I can still dream about winning the Super Bowl and for a very small investment we can see the players up close and in person. The entire event is free. Free parking, free entry and free autographs. You won't be able to catch Urlacher and Peppers as they ride in on their golf carts, but plenty of players do stop for the kids. We like to make a day of it and bring our chairs, blankets, snacks and beverages. It is the Ravinia of football. There really isn't a bad view and you can get pretty close to the action. According to my husband, this is fabulous because you can hear all of the players and coaches yelling as well as their bones crunching. read more

Chicago Bears Training Camp - Stadiums & Arenas Near Me - Bourbonnais, Illinois

A group of us stopped by to check things out while returning home from Bloomington. This is a must for any Bears fan! We happened to go on kids day so I am not sure if all the festivities are a regular occurrence, but there is definitely lots for the young Bears fans. You should get there early for a good seat. Bring chairs, coolers, blankets. Even if you don't get there early, you're still pretty close to the action. We stood behind 3 rows of people and could still see pretty well. read more

Chicago Bears Training Camp - Stadiums & Arenas Near Me - Bourbonnais, Illinois

I am giving them five stars because the Bears were there. Done. Wait? You want more? Fine. You could get close and see plays like you can't at the games. It was free. The parking was free. There were plenty of great pictures opps for us and our Granddaughter. It was well organized. Everyone everywhere was dressed in orange and blue. And the Bears were there. Five stars. read more

While this was at least an hour drive, it was worth it! I went with an entire carload of first-timers, so we had much to learn to improve the next trip: -Go with no expectations. We learned after the fact that this was a "light" practice, so perhaps it'd be different otherwise, but it was still fun. This isn't a game, so you can't go expecting to see action-packed excitement. -Bring in food and drink if you don't mind carrying around a cooler. -Eat beforehand! All we managed to find was pizza, ice cream, chips and hot dogs. At 9am, this was far from what I was craving. -Walk around all of the fields, and check out the kids' area. This is where the gift shop is as well, and while most was overpriced, it was interesting to shop around in. -Do your research for dining afterwards. Brickstone was our choice, and we loved it! read more

I liked it due to plenty of seating and how close you are to the main practice field. Free parking and admission. Plenty of activities for kids with a separate play area with all kinds of bouncy things. This is huge because if you do bring your're kids they will get bored and restless watching the practices. It is kind of boring. The good is the players switch to different ends of the field so everyone can find a seat in the stands or the grass and stay there instead or moving around. Too hot! It was easy to get to the camp from the interstate and directions were well marked. One important note is there is no shade anywhere so be prepared to roast you're behind off and the port-a-potties are very limited. If you are a football fan and a Bears fan you'll like it. If you're not so much of a football fan but maybe just tagged along with some friends there are some concessions to shop around at. You can 'tailgate' here in the parking lots just like Soldier Field. read more

Ah, I love the Bears! And it's great watching them practice in Burbonnais. There's plenty of parking and really, 1 hour drive isn't bad w/o traffic. This year, they started roping off the fence area where the players usually give autographs after practice. The rope goes all around the main entrance and is only for children. So if you're an adult, don't waste your money buying paraphernalia thinking you're going to get an autograph...unless you're 11. We were surprised to get some autographs from Tillman, Manning, Ogunleye, Alex Brown, and Idonije. We felt super lucky and they were super nice :) read more

It was OK, nothing spectacular. But it's Free, so you can't complain. The kids area is fun, but the bouncy activities surface get really hot. They should have some water misters for very hot days. Refreshments are very expensive. Bring your own water or pop. Other than the football players running around the field, or if you want their autograph, there is not much to do there. read more

Chicago Bears Training Camp - Stadiums & Arenas Near Me - Bourbonnais, Illinois

This is a Christian value campus. This means no disrespectful foul language, no drinking, no smoking. You are a guest, please respect the wishes and values of the University read more

Great set up. Lots of free-bees. Things to do for kids. Free parking & entry. Waited in line for quite some time for "autograph session" only to find out the players were too busy to sign & were on their phones or walking away from the autograph area. Oh well... Still a fun event. read more

We traveled in from Seattle to experience a Bears fans dream. Parking for the event is a little hard to figure out, if you use phone GPS it will send you to all different entrances to the university, keep following the perimeter and you'll find it easy enough. Expect a line and a little bit of a wait to get in but it is well worth it, can't believe there is no admission fee and parking is free! That's great! You'll go through a bag security check than you enter the gift shop, there's some nice Bears swag here but the only things on sale are items featuring ex players. I went to the Soldier Field pro shop and found it a better experience for buying merchandise. You now have three or more fields of action and so much activities for your kids, this event is great for children, pictures with Staley, player autographs, and activities are set up nicely for your children. There is food and drink on hand but we brought our own in our backpack. Love this event I'm going all week, would recommend it! #Beardown read more

Just wanted to watch Bears training but when we got down there found out it was autograph day. We waited in line with the kids for almost 2 hours knowing that only 150 kids would be able to participate and that was ok. They we're able to participate. Too bad the team didn't. Very few stopped to sign autographs, maybe 5 or 6. Probably won't go again after being disappointed and I don't mean not getting the autographs. The kids were disappointed that they just waked or drove by. read more

The experience was great and my kids and their friends had a great time except the lady working the VIP kid section for autographs on Tuesday August 8, 2017 was very rude. When my daughter and her friend gave the lady their tickets she kept questioning their ages, (they are both 12), repeatedly told my daughter that she was lying to her, and she threatened to call security on both of them and have them get kicked out if they were lying. When my daughter walked into the VIP kids section the lady gave her a horrible look. The lady also kept screaming at the kids to stop leaning on the rope and no one was even touching it. The lady proceeds to ask her younger brothers if they wanted to get into the kids VIP section, (they both looked no older than 15, the age is 4-12, and they didn't have any tickets), and said that she could get something of theirs signed by the football players. A little boy, (about 4 years old), wanted his dad to go with him because he was scared and the lady wouldn't allow his father to go with him. One of the football players clapped his hands signing the one man to throw the football to him so he could sign it, so he did. The lady had a HUGE fit and threatened to call security on him for throwing the football to the player so he can sign it. The man and the football player were 4 inches apart. We had an amazing experience but, the very rude lady ruined it for us. read more