What we found
- A Bears home game barely moves hotel prices. Book a game weekend like any other. The night before a Bears home game, hotels within 5 miles of Soldier Field averaged $309, against $360 on a normal night of the same weekday. That is −6%, rank 27 of 32 NFL markets; the league-wide figure is +11%.
- The biggest night before a game was the Vikings visit on Sep 8: $480, +27% above normal.
- Arriving on a Sunday for a Monday meeting? The night of a Sunday Bears game ran −7% vs. a normal Sunday, about −$23 for the room.
Every night of the season
Average nightly hotel price within 5 miles of Soldier Field, September 2025 through the end of the Bears' season. Home games are marked.
Nights with fewer than 300 prices are drawn through. Hover a dot for the game and price.
Every Bears home game
Average price near Soldier Field the night before kickoff and the night the game ends, with the change from a normal night of the same weekday.
| Game | Date | Night before | Night of |
|---|---|---|---|
| vs. VikingsMonday night | Sep 8 | $480+27% | $640+60% |
| vs. CowboysSunday | Sep 21 | $463+18% | $369−10% |
| vs. SaintsSunday | Oct 19 | $430+9% | $381+7% |
| vs. GiantsSunday | Nov 9 | $323−14% | $279−16% |
| vs. SteelersSunday | Nov 23 | $295−14% | $226−16% |
| vs. BrownsSunday | Dec 14 | $260−9% | $201+1% |
| vs. PackersSaturday | Dec 20 | $215−9% | $221−19% |
| vs. LionsSunday | Jan 4 | $186−2% | $179−4% |
| vs. PackersWild Card, Saturday | Jan 10 | $189−5% | $194+2% |
| vs. RamsDivisional, Sunday | Jan 18 | $219+13% | $199+5% |
Holiday-week games (Thanksgiving, Christmas) are shown but left out of the team's figures.
Before you book
- The night of a Sunday Bears game ran −7% vs. a normal Sunday, about −$23 for the room. A Sunday arrival on a game weekend costs about the same as any other Sunday here.
- The Vikings game on Monday, Sep 8, put hotels at $640 the night of the game, +60% vs. a normal Monday.
- The smallest increase of the season was the Giants game on Nov 9, $323 the night before (−14%). The priciest night was the Vikings game on Sep 8, $640.
- A normal night within 5 miles of Soldier Field runs about $341.
How we did this
The pricesAverage all-in nightly price (room, tax and fees) shown to travelers searching on Engine for hotels within 5 miles of Soldier Field, for stays of one to three nights booked 0 to 120 days ahead, every night from September 1, 2025 through February 17, 2026. About 63 million prices across all 32 markets.
A normal nightEach game night is compared with the median of the same weekday on non-game weeks within four weeks. Thanksgiving week, Christmas week, nights with a college game at the stadium and nights with fewer than 300 prices never count as normal. Team figures are the median across the Bears' regular-season home games. Prices are what travelers saw in searches, not what they paid. Full method and all 32 teams.