Best Pittsburgh Pirates Away Games
to Attend This Season
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Cincinnati
Pirates at Cincinnati Reds plus FC Cincinnati — a MLB + MLS road trip.
Los Angeles
Pirates at Los Angeles Dodgers plus Los Angeles FC and Los Angeles Rams — 3-league road weekend.
Chicago
Pirates at Chicago Cubs plus Chicago Fire FC — a MLB + MLS road trip.
This Season's Top Pirates Road Trip
Los Angeles
Pirates at Los Angeles Dodgers plus Los Angeles FC and Los Angeles Rams — 3-league road weekend.
The Pittsburgh Pirates are one of the better road-trip teams this season. 4 away cities offer genuine multi-sport weekends — not just MLB series, but weekends where fans can stack games across 3 different leagues.
Los Angeles leads because it delivers a 5-game, 3-league weekend with a US$960 combined ticket cost. Cincinnati stacks 4 games and offers a different league mix.
Pittsburgh home weekends top out at 4 games with Steelers, Penguins, which the best away trips beat. Road trips win on volume this season.
Better road-trip team than home-stack team. 4 away cities offer real multi-sport weekends, led by Los Angeles with a 5-game, 3-league stack — more than Pittsburgh's best home weekend of 4 games.
Best Pirates Road Trips: Multi-Sport Weekends
4 away cities where a Pirates road game turns into a real multi-league weekend. Ranked by league diversity, then stack size, then cost.
Los Angeles
Best Multi-Sport TripPirates at Los Angeles Dodgers plus Los Angeles FC and Los Angeles Rams — 3-league road weekend.
Cincinnati
Pirates at Cincinnati Reds plus FC Cincinnati — a MLB + MLS road trip.
Chicago
Pirates at Chicago Cubs plus Chicago Fire FC — a MLB + MLS road trip.
Detroit
Pirates at Detroit Tigers plus Detroit Lions — a MLB + NFL road trip.
Trip totals use Premium-tier ticket pricing, hotel for the cluster nights, and round-trip flights for fly-distance routes. Drive-friendly trips (<150 mi) exclude flight cost; medium-distance trips (150–500 mi) show stay + tickets only because travel cost varies by traveler. Trips with incomplete data fall back to ticket-stack pricing.
What Makes a Pirates Road Trip Worth It?
Most Pirates away weekends (3 of 7) are MLB-only series. A typical road trip is three games at one stadium — enjoyable, but not a SportCation. The question is whether the 4 multi-sport weekends justify the planning.
Los Angeles and Cincinnati are the two worth planning around. Both stack MLS and NFL on top of the MLB series. Everything else is either single-league or too thin on game density to justify the travel over a home weekend.
The benchmark is Pittsburgh home weekends, where Steelers, Penguins give you 4 games without a flight. An away trip needs to either beat that stack count, offer leagues Pittsburgh doesn't have, or send you somewhere worth visiting beyond the games.
Los Angeles
Los Angeles leads on pure stacking math: 5 games across 3 leagues in one weekend at US$960 combined. The MLB anchor is Pirates at Los Angeles Dodgers, with Los Angeles FC and Los Angeles Rams (MLS, NFL) filling the rest of the weekend. Best for fans chasing league diversity — 3 leagues in one weekend is rare at any price.
Cincinnati
Cincinnati delivers a 4-game, 2-league weekend — a step down from Los Angeles on volume, but a different kind of trip. Logistics: compact downtown venue cluster, quick airport access (20 min to venues). Pirates visit Cincinnati Reds, adding FC Cincinnati for the MLS side of the stack. A solid option if the dates or matchups fit your schedule better than the top picks.
Chicago
Chicago closes the multi-sport list with 4 games across 2 leagues. Logistics: direct rail from the airport to the sports district. Pirates visit Chicago Cubs, adding Chicago Fire FC for the MLS side of the stack. A solid option if the dates or matchups fit your schedule better than the top picks.
Cheapest Pirates Away Game Weekends
Ranked by estimated trip cost — Premium-tier tickets, hotel for the cluster nights, and round-trip flight where the trip is fly-distance. Drive-friendly trips exclude flight cost. Trips between 150 and 500 miles show stay + tickets only because travel cost depends on the traveler. Trips with incomplete data appear at the bottom.
Cincinnati
Pirates at Cincinnati Reds plus FC Cincinnati — a MLB + MLS road trip.
St Louis
Pirates at St. Louis Cardinals anchors a 3-game weekend in St Louis.
Cleveland
Pirates at Cleveland Guardians anchors a 3-game weekend in Cleveland.
Chicago
Pirates at Chicago Cubs plus Chicago Fire FC — a MLB + MLS road trip.
Washington
Pirates at Washington Nationals anchors a 3-game weekend in Washington.
Closest Pirates Road Games from Pittsburgh
Ranked by miles between Pittsburgh and the destination's venue cluster — the most drivable Pirates road games this season.
Cleveland
Pirates at Cleveland Guardians anchors a 3-game weekend in Cleveland.
Washington
Pirates at Washington Nationals anchors a 3-game weekend in Washington.
Detroit
Pirates at Detroit Tigers plus Detroit Lions — a MLB + NFL road trip.
Cincinnati
Pirates at Cincinnati Reds plus FC Cincinnati — a MLB + MLS road trip.
Chicago
Pirates at Chicago Cubs plus Chicago Fire FC — a MLB + MLS road trip.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What's the best Pirates away game to travel to this season?
- Los Angeles on August 21. The Pirates road game stacks into a 5-game weekend across 3 leagues (MLB, MLS, NFL). Estimated weekend ticket total: US$960.
- How much do Pirates away game tickets cost?
- Pirates tickets average around US$55 on the secondary market — and the cheapest road weekend total this season is around US$180 in Cleveland. Stacking other games into the same weekend lowers the per-game cost on a road trip.
- Where do the Pittsburgh Pirates play on the road this season?
- 7 cities offer real Pirates road-trip opportunities — including Los Angeles, Cincinnati, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Washington, plus 1 more.
- Which Pirates away game weekend has the cheapest tickets?
- Cleveland. Estimated weekend ticket total around US$180, anchored by the Pirates game itself plus 2 other games on the same weekend. Hotel and travel costs aren't included in this ranking.
- Can I see the Pirates play another sport on the same weekend?
- Yes. Los Angeles offers a 5-game weekend spanning MLB + MLS + NFL — the Pirates road game plus other leagues on the same Friday-Sunday window. 3 other cities offer similar multi-sport stacks this season.
- When does the Pittsburgh Pirates full schedule get released?
- The MLB typically releases its full schedule in August. Once it drops, this page updates automatically with road-trip rankings, multi-sport weekends, and ticket pricing.