Walking into an empty stadium hits different when you know exactly where to look. The echo of a quiet locker room, standing on the actual field where championship moments happened — there’s a reason fans keep adding stadium tours to their travel bucket lists.
Here is a list of 15 U.S. stadium tours worth planning your next trip around, spanning baseball parks steeped in over a century of history to ultra-modern NFL arenas that feel like they landed from the future.
Fenway Park, Boston
Fenway Park has been welcoming fans since 1912, and it is referred to as ‘America’s Most Beloved Ballpark’ by Major League Baseball. The 60-minute guided tours run year-round, taking you up to the top of the Green Monster — that fabled 37-foot, 2-inch left-field wall — and through the press box and the Fenway Park Living Museum.
The museum alone houses more than 170,000 artifacts, including 24,000 three-dimensional items, dozens of World Series team-signed baseballs, and game-used bats.
Yankee Stadium, New York City
A tour of Yankee Stadium puts you face to face with the rich history of the 27-time World Series Champions, with access to iconic locations throughout the ballpark and the New York Yankees Museum. The 60-minute Classic Tour is led by knowledgeable guides, while pregame tours offer early access before the gates open to the public on game days.
Monument Park, a living museum within the stadium, features plaques dedicated to legends like Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Joe DiMaggio.
Wrigley Field, Chicago
Built in 1914, Wrigley Field is one of the oldest and best-known ballparks in the country, with some of the most memorable moments in baseball history played out on its grass — including Babe Ruth’s ‘called shot’ in the 1932 World Series. Tours run just over an hour and vary depending on whether it’s a game day or not.
On non-game days, visitors typically get access to the press box, the visitors’ clubhouse, the Cubs’ dugout, and the field itself.
Lambeau Field, Green Bay
Lambeau Field has been home to the Packers since 1957 and was renamed in 1965 after Packers founder, player, and coach Earl ‘Curly’ Lambeau. There are three tour tiers to choose from: the 55-minute Classic covers the atrium, player tunnel, and sideline; the 90-minute Champions tour adds the south end zone clubs; and the 120-minute Legendary tour throws in the Lee Remmel press box and the visiting team’s locker room.
For die-hard Packers fans, even the shortest option is worth the trip.
AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
AT&T Stadium is more than the home of the Dallas Cowboys — it’s the world’s largest domed structure, an art museum, and an experience that appeals to people of all interests and ages, with tours available daily. The self-guided option lets you roam the Cowboys locker room, the cheerleaders’ locker room, luxury suites, and the field itself at your own pace.
A new interactive hologram exhibit even lets you ‘chat’ with Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, powered by AI technology.
Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas
Tours of Allegiant Stadium run approximately 75 minutes and cover over a mile of walking through the Raiders’ most exclusive spaces. Las Vegas being Las Vegas, there’s even an ‘Overtime Experience’ add-on where you can play games and grab a drink at the Al Davis Memorial Torch.
Highlights regularly cited by visitors include stepping onto the field, touring the locker room, and seeing the Raiders’ Super Bowl trophies.
SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California
SoFi Stadium tours include a 60-minute guided experience with field access, a locker room visit, and exclusive entrance to the Owner’s Club. The stadium, which opened in 2020, is home to both the Los Angeles Rams and the Los Angeles Chargers — so you’re essentially getting two teams’ worth of history in one visit.
The building itself is a spectacle, with its massive translucent roof and a video board system unlike anything else in the NFL.
U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis
U.S. Bank Stadium has hosted the Minnesota Vikings, NCAA Men’s Final Four, the Summer X Games, and Super Bowl LII, which means tour guides here have no shortage of stories to tell.
The 90-minute guided tour takes you through premium spaces, suites, behind-the-scenes areas, and onto the field, covering about a mile on foot. The stadium markets itself as ‘The People’s Stadium,’ and the tour genuinely feels built for regular fans rather than just corporate groups.
Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis
Lucas Oil Stadium tours last approximately 60 minutes and typically include the field, an NFL locker room, the press box, and numerous other areas not normally accessible to the public. Public tours are usually offered on Fridays, making it an easy add-on if you’re passing through Indianapolis on a road trip.
The stadium opened in 2008 and has hosted multiple Super Bowls, so there’s genuine prestige attached to every square foot of the place.
Soldier Field, Chicago
Established in 1924 and dedicated to the men and women of the armed services, Soldier Field is home to the Chicago Bears and Chicago Fire FC. The Classic Tour takes you through the south courtyard, visitor’s locker room, the skyline suite, the colonnades, and the field, while the VIP upgrade adds a 15-minute on-field experience and a look inside the stadium’s video control room.
Located on the shores of Lake Michigan, the stadium blends the original historic structure with modern renovations completed in 2003.
State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Arizona
State Farm Stadium has hosted Super Bowl LVII and Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour, which tells you something about the kind of crowds this place is built to handle. The behind-the-scenes tour lets fans explore locker rooms and walk onto the field inside the stadium’s retractable-roof structure.
It’s one of five NFL venues with a retractable roof, and being able to look up and see the mechanics of how that ceiling moves is one of the more unexpectedly cool moments on the tour.
Highmark Stadium, Orchard Park, New York
Highmark Stadium tour guides lead visitors through premium spaces including the sideline and tower clubs, the press box, and through the tunnel and onto the field, with the experience lasting approximately one to one and a half hours. Buffalo Bills fans are famously passionate — the kind of fanbase that shows up to January games in subzero temperatures without complaint — and that energy carries over into the tour experience.
Orchard Park may be a detour from a major city, but for Bills fans it’s a pilgrimage worth making.
Fenway’s Friendly Rival — Wrigley’s North Side Neighbor: Madison Square Garden, New York City
Madison Square Garden, often called ‘The Garden,’ offers one of the most storied arena tours in the country, taking visitors inside the home of the New York Knicks and the New York Rangers. The All-Access Tour brings you courtside, to the locker rooms, and through production areas that most fans never see during a game.
Given that MSG has hosted everything from boxing championships to historic concerts, there’s almost too much history to absorb in a single visit.
Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
Dodger Stadium is the third-oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball, having opened in 1962, and tours here let you stand in the same dugout where Sandy Koufax and Kirk Gibson made history. The stadium sits high in the Chavez Ravine hills, giving it panoramic views of the Los Angeles skyline that you can only fully appreciate from certain spots on the tour.
Tour stops include the press box, warning track access, and the visitor’s clubhouse, with guides sharing stories that span more than six decades of Dodgers baseball.
Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City
GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, commonly known as Arrowhead, has been the home of the Kansas City Chiefs since 1972 and holds a reputation as one of the loudest stadiums in the NFL — a Guinness World Record it has broken multiple times. Behind-the-scenes tours give fans access to the locker rooms, the field, and premium suites, putting you close to where Patrick Mahomes and company have built one of the most dominant dynasties in recent NFL history.
For Chiefs fans especially, standing on that field hits differently knowing how many playoff runs and Super Bowl drives have started right there.
Where the field meets forever
Stadium tours have a way of making sports feel more permanent — like something that will outlast any single season or any one player’s career. The oldest parks on this list have been standing for over a century, and the newest ones were built to last just as long.
Whether you’re a baseball purist making your way around the classic ballparks or an NFL fan chasing Super Bowl history, these 15 tours offer something genuinely worth getting off the couch for — a reminder that the best seats in the house are not always the ones you buy on game day.
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