Best St. Louis Cardinals Away Games
to Attend This Season
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Chicago
Cardinals at Chicago Cubs plus Chicago Fire FC — a MLB + MLS road trip.
This Season's Top Cardinals Road Trip
Chicago
Cardinals at Chicago Cubs plus Chicago Fire FC — a MLB + MLS road trip.
St. Louis Cardinals fans have exactly one multi-sport road trip worth planning this season — Chicago. Everything else is a MLB-only series weekend. That does not make these trips bad, but it limits the stacking value that justifies the travel.
Chicago is the top destination with a 4-game stack across MLB and MLS.
St Louis home weekends top out at 3 games with St. Louis City, Blues, which the best away trips beat. Road trips win on volume this season.
Cardinals away travel is broad but shallow: 6 road cities, but only 1 create true multi-sport weekends. Most trips are single-league MLB series. Chicago leads with a 4-game stack.
Best Cardinals Road Trips: Multi-Sport Weekends
1 away city where a Cardinals road game turns into a real multi-league weekend. Ranked by league diversity, then stack size, then cost.
Chicago
Best Multi-Sport TripCardinals at Chicago Cubs plus Chicago Fire FC — a MLB + MLS 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 Cardinals Road Trip Worth It?
Most Cardinals away weekends (5 of 6) are MLB-only series. A typical road trip is three games at one stadium — enjoyable, but not a SportCation. The question is whether the 1 multi-sport weekend justify the planning.
Only Chicago produces a real multi-sport weekend — adding MLS to the MLB series. Every other away trip is single-league, so the decision is simple: is one multi-sport weekend worth the trip, or are you better off stacking at home?
The benchmark is St Louis home weekends, where St. Louis City, Blues give you 3 games without a flight. An away trip needs to either beat that stack count, offer leagues St Louis doesn't have, or send you somewhere worth visiting beyond the games.
Chicago
Chicago leads on pure stacking math: 4 games across 2 leagues in one weekend at US$500 combined. Logistics: direct rail from the airport to the sports district. The MLB anchor is Cardinals at Chicago Cubs, with Chicago Fire FC (MLS) filling the rest of the weekend. 2 viable weekends give scheduling flexibility that the other options lack.
Cheapest Cardinals 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.
Phoenix
Cardinals at Arizona Diamondbacks anchors a 3-game weekend in Phoenix.
Denver
Cardinals at Colorado Rockies anchors a 3-game weekend in Denver.
Philadelphia
Cardinals at Philadelphia Phillies anchors a 3-game weekend in Philadelphia.
Toronto
Cardinals at Toronto Blue Jays anchors a 3-game weekend in Toronto.
Chicago
Cardinals at Chicago Cubs plus Chicago Fire FC — a MLB + MLS road trip.
Closest Cardinals Road Games from St Louis
Ranked by miles between St Louis and the destination's venue cluster — the most drivable Cardinals road games this season.
Chicago
Cardinals at Chicago Cubs plus Chicago Fire FC — a MLB + MLS road trip.
Milwaukee
Cardinals at Milwaukee Brewers anchors a 3-game weekend in Milwaukee.
Toronto
Cardinals at Toronto Blue Jays anchors a 3-game weekend in Toronto.
Denver
Cardinals at Colorado Rockies anchors a 3-game weekend in Denver.
Philadelphia
Cardinals at Philadelphia Phillies anchors a 3-game weekend in Philadelphia.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What's the best Cardinals away game to travel to this season?
- Chicago on August 14. The Cardinals road game stacks into a 4-game weekend across 2 leagues (MLB, MLS). Estimated weekend ticket total: US$500.
- How much do Cardinals away game tickets cost?
- Cardinals tickets average around US$135 on the secondary market — and the cheapest road weekend total this season is around US$75 in Denver. Stacking other games into the same weekend lowers the per-game cost on a road trip.
- Where do the St. Louis Cardinals play on the road this season?
- 6 cities offer real Cardinals road-trip opportunities: Chicago, Denver, Phoenix, Milwaukee, Toronto, Philadelphia.
- Which Cardinals away game weekend has the cheapest tickets?
- Denver. Estimated weekend ticket total around US$75, anchored by the Cardinals game itself plus 2 other games on the same weekend. Hotel and travel costs aren't included in this ranking.
- Can I see the Cardinals play another sport on the same weekend?
- Yes. Chicago offers a 4-game weekend spanning MLB + MLS — the Cardinals road game plus other leagues on the same Friday-Sunday window.
- When does the St. Louis Cardinals 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.