All Tickets Quickly Disappear for Bears Training Camp

Tickets for nine open Bears practices at Halas Hall vanished in a matter of minutes, leaving some fans wondering what happened.

Fans filter into the Bears training camp. The supply of tickets for this year's open practices quickly disappeared. / Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports

Bears training camp tickets were there one minute, and a few minutes later they were gone with fans on the website getting a message saying tickets were "sold out now. Check back soon."

Check back for what?

The tickets cost fans nothing and were disbursed through Ticketmaster. They became available for the nine open practices at 10 a.m. but shortly after fans received the messages from the website saying the tickets are no longer available.

In the past, the Bears said they allowed only 1,000 per day, although there appeared room for many more than this. There was no limit announced for this year. Whatever that number was, they were rapidly gone.

It was definitely harder to score Training Camp tickets this year compared to last couple of seasons.

I tried for 7 days and I was only able to get 3 of them. I’m going Aug 13, 14, and 15.

Aug 15 is joint practice w the Bengals, that was the ticket I REALLY wanted so I’m happy

— JohnnyBears19 (@JohnnyBears19) July 9, 2024

There are three days when special groups will be allowed at practice, but not the general public.

It's almost enough for fans to long for the days when the would make the pilgrimage to Bourbonnais from 2002-2019, or to Platteville, Wis., from 1984-2001.

I will always support this. Some of my best memories as a Bears fan was piling all my buddies in my car and driving to Bourbonnais for the day. Watching practice, getting autographs, talking to other Bears fans. It was so fun. No tickets needed! No bots! Bring this back! https://t.co/bcq0VDqWeU

— BDemps 🐻⬇️ (@bdemps7) July 9, 2024

In past years, fans who wanted to see a practice but couldn't get in at Halas Hall were able to purchase tickets at a small price to the annual Meijer Chicago Bears Family Fest at Soldier Field, but there is none this year.

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The Soldier Field practice was always held in early August prior to the first Bears preseason game, but the Bears will begin the preseason early this year. Their first game is in just over three weeks, on Aug. 1 at Canton, Ohio against the Houston Texans in the Hall of Fame Game. The Thursday night game precedes the Saturday induction ceremonies, when Bears greats Devin Hester and Steve McMichael will be enshrined.

The problem is the process. With having to get tickets thru Ticketmaster, all the ticket shops gobbled them up and then you’ll have to pay 200/400 for 1 practice. It was a mistake using Ticketmaster https://t.co/6JT5oBbwe9

— Greg Gabriel (@ggabefootball) July 9, 2024

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