Chicago Cubs Announce 2017 Spring Training Schedule, Individual Game Tickets On-Sale Date
Today the Chicago Cubs sent out an message to all Cubs spring training season ticket holders announcing the 2017 Spring Training schedule. I’ve included the text from the official press release below. We expect Spring Training to be packed this year, even more so than normal, so be sure to get your arrangements set well in advance to avoid what will certainly be a crazy scene in Arizona over the month of March. Hope to see you there!
CHICAGO – The Chicago Cubs today announced their 2017 Spring Training schedule, which begins on Saturday, February 25 with a split squad day that includes the club’s Sloan Park opener against the Oakland Athletics and a road game at the San Francisco Giants.
The club’s 37-game schedule includes 17 games at Sloan Park, 16 Cactus League road games, two games in Las Vegas against the Cincinnati Reds on March 25-26 and a pair of games in Houston to close out the exhibition schedule on March 30-31 at Minute Maid Park.
The Cubs and White Sox play twice next spring – Monday, February 27 in Mesa and Friday, March 17 in Glendale. The Cubs will also play two World Baseball Classic opponents at Sloan Park – March 7 vs. Team Italy and March 18 vs. a team that emerges from the Asia bracket.
Individual game tickets for the 2017 Chicago Cubs home spring training games at Sloan Park will go on sale Saturday, January 7 at 11 a.m. CT at the Sloan Park ticket office, on www.cubs.com or by calling 1-800-THE-CUBS. For season ticket and group ticket information please visit www.sloanpark.com or call 1-800-THE-CUBS.
Fans may direct ticket and additional spring training questions to mesa@cubs.com. For continuously updated information and to take a virtual tour of Sloan Park, please visit www.sloanpark.com.
The Cubs 2017 Spring Training schedule is below. All games are scheduled to start at 1:05 p.m. Arizona time unless otherwise denoted (start times still subject to change). Cubs split squad games are denoted with an (ss).
| DATE | OPPONENT | SITE |
| Saturday, February 25 | Oakland Athletics (ss) | SLOAN PARK |
| San Francisco Giants (ss) | Scottsdale | |
| Sunday, February 26 | Cleveland Indians | SLOAN PARK |
| Monday, February 27 | Chicago White Sox | SLOAN PARK |
| Tuesday, February 28 | Los Angeles Angels | SLOAN PARK |
| Wednesday, March 1 | Kansas City Royals | Surprise |
| Thursday, March 2 | Cincinnati Reds | Goodyear |
| Friday, March 3 | Cincinnati Reds | SLOAN PARK |
| Saturday, March 4 | Los Angeles Dodgers | SLOAN PARK |
| Sunday, March 5 | Texas Rangers | Surprise |
| Monday, March 6 | Los Angeles Angels | Tempe |
| Tuesday, March 7 | Team Italy | SLOAN PARK |
| Wednesday, March 8 | OFF DAY | |
| Thursday, March 9 | Seattle Mariners | SLOAN PARK |
| Friday, March 10 | Seattle Mariners | Peoria |
| Saturday, March 11 | Colorado Rockies | SLOAN PARK |
| Sunday, March 12 | Oakland Athletics | Mesa |
| Monday, March 13 | San Diego Padres | Peoria |
| Tuesday, March 14 | Milwaukee Brewers | SLOAN PARK |
| Wednesday, March 15 | Arizona Diamondbacks (7:05 p.m.) | SLOAN PARK |
| Thursday, March 16 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Glendale |
| Friday, March 17 | Chicago White Sox | Glendale |
| Saturday, March 18 | Asia WBC Team (ss) | SLOAN PARK |
| Milwaukee Brewers (ss) | Maryvale | |
| Sunday, March 19 | Kansas City Royals (7:05 p.m.) | SLOAN PARK |
| Monday, March 20 | Colorado Rockies | Scottsdale |
| Tuesday, March 21 | OFF DAY | |
| Wednesday, March 22 | Cincinnati Reds (6:05 p.m.) | Goodyear |
| Thursday, March 23 | Scottsdale | Scottsdale |
| Friday, March 24 | Cleveland Indians | SLOAN PARK |
| Saturday, March 25 | Cleveland Indians (ss) | Goodyear |
| Cincinnati Reds (ss) (TBD) | Las Vegas | |
| Sunday, March 26 | San Diego Padres (ss) | SLOAN PARK |
| Cincinnati Reds (ss) (1:05 p.m. Vegas time) | Las Vegas | |
| Monday, March 27 | Cleveland Indians (6:05 p.m.) | Goodyear |
| Tuesday, March 28 | San Francisco Giants | SLOAN PARK |
| Wednesday, March 29 | Oakland Athletics | SLOAN PARK |
| Thursday, March 30 | Houston Astros (7:10 p.m. CT) | Houston |
| Friday, March 31 | Houston Astros (1:10 p.m. CT) | Houston |