{"id":355925,"date":"2025-05-01T14:21:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T19:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/?p=355925"},"modified":"2025-05-01T14:22:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T19:22:04","slug":"ride-on-to-a-big-st-louis-sports-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/nextstop\/ride-on-to-a-big-st-louis-sports-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"RIDE ON to a Big St. Louis Sports Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-309340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Civic-Center-Transit-Center-Blues-Hockey-Fans-playoffs-10-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Blues fans walking from the Civic Center MetroLink Station platform\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Civic-Center-Transit-Center-Blues-Hockey-Fans-playoffs-10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Civic-Center-Transit-Center-Blues-Hockey-Fans-playoffs-10-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Civic-Center-Transit-Center-Blues-Hockey-Fans-playoffs-10-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Civic-Center-Transit-Center-Blues-Hockey-Fans-playoffs-10-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Civic-Center-Transit-Center-Blues-Hockey-Fans-playoffs-10.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Downtown St. Louis will be teeming with sports fans this weekend with a Battlehawks matchup at The Dome, three Cardinals games against the Mets, and a big playoff matchup for the Blues. Metro Transit is the perfect option for anyone looking to enjoy all of the excitement and world-class competition \u2013 while avoiding heavy traffic, road construction and parking headaches.<\/p>\n<p>Start your sports adventure by parking your vehicle at any one of 21 free Metro Park-Ride lots at MetroLink stations in Illinois and Missouri, purchasing a $5 Day Pass and riding MetroLink to the nearest downtown station:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Stanley Cup Playoffs: Jets v. Blues | Enterprise Center | Friday, May 2<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nClosest MetroLink Station: <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Civic Center<\/strong><\/span> <em>(located one block south from the Enterprise Center)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">St. Louis Cardinals v. NY Mets | Busch Stadium | Friday, May 2 \u2013 Sunday, May 4<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong>Closest MetroLink Station: <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Stadium<\/strong> <\/span><em>(directly adjacent from Busch Stadium and Ballpark Village)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>St. Louis Battlehawks v. Arlington Renegades | The Dome at America\u2019s Center | Friday, May 2<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span>MetroLink Stations: <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>8<sup>th<\/sup> &amp; Pine<\/strong><\/span> or <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Laclede\u2019s Landing<\/strong><\/span> <em>(Convention Center station closed for renovation)<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote><p>If you&#8217;re headed to the Battlehawks game on Friday, be sure to look for our <span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Metro RIDE ON team<\/strong><\/span> along with the crew from the <span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>Riverboats at the Gateway Arch<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; stop by our booth for fun giveaways and promotions!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The $5 Day Pass provides unlimited rides on MetroLink and MetroBus for an entire day, and is available for purchase on the Transit app and at Ticket Vending Machines located at all MetroLink stations and transit centers. You can also plan your Metro trip and check on the status of your train or bus with Transit app.<\/p>\n<p>MetroBus is also a great option for sports fans headed to the action with more than a dozen bus routes serving the Civic Center Transit Center &#8212; a short walk from Enterprise Center and Busch Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Plan your big St. Louis sports weekend trip by downloading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/transit-toolbox\/\">Transit app<\/a>, using our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/system-maps\/\">schedules and maps<\/a>,\u00a0 or contacting Metro Transit Information at 314.231.2345 (phone) or 314.207.9786 (text), available Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Downtown St. Louis will be teeming with sports fans this weekend with a Battlehawks matchup at The Dome, three Cardinals games against the Mets, and a big playoff matchup for the Blues. Metro Transit is the perfect option for anyone looking to enjoy all of the excitement and world-class competition \u2013 while avoiding heavy traffic, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-355925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-metro-lifestyle"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"featured_media_urls":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355925\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrostlouis.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}