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Attractions near Petco Park: San Diego Convention Center Gaslamp Quarter Gaslamp Museum at the Davis-Horton House

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Petco Park - What To Know BEFORE You Go

The Basics

With its prime downtown location, Petco Park is easy to visit during your time in San Diego. Several sightseeing tours provide views of the stadium, including waterfront Segway tours, independent GoCar tours, and panoramic city tours. To go to a baseball game, you can purchase tickets on the official Padres’ website. Or book a guided stadium tour to see the dugout, press box, and other places that are usually off-limits to the public.

Things to Know Before You Go

Petco Park is a must for baseball fans visiting San Diego.
Bags are inspected upon entry; hard-sided coolers, metal-frame backpacks, and large bags cannot be brought into the park.
Outside beverages are not permitted inside the park except for sealed bottled water less than 1 liter, and soft-sided single juice or milk containers for children.
All ballpark entry points are accessible to wheelchairs and strollers.

How to Get There

Petco Park is located between 7th Avenue, 10th Avenue, J Street, and Park Boulevard, on the southern edge of the Gaslamp Quarter. Parking is expensive and can be difficult, so try to walk or take public transport, including the Trolley, the Coaster, and several city buses such as lines 12 and 901.

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When to Get There

The Major League Baseball season runs from roughly early April to early October, followed by the postseason, which extends through October. The Park at the Park opens 2.5 hours before game time via the Gaslamp and East Village gates; all other entries open 90 minutes before game time. Guided tours usually take place daily except on game days and other select dates.

Park at the Park

If you’d rather sprawl on the grass during a game instead of sitting with the masses in the stadium, head to Park at the Park, a 2.7-acre (1.1-hectare) green space. It’s inside the ballpark gates but outside the outfield, providing a more relaxing experience and partial views of the game plus all the action on an enormous screen. You still need a game ticket, but you can bring in food if it’s wrapped. This is a great option for families!

Recent reviews from experiences in San Diego

Scintillating Behind the Scenes Tour!

Erika_O, Jun 2022

Behind-the-Scenes at Petco Park Tour

Getting to stand in the visitors dugout and on the field was the highlight. All the behind the scenes areas, i.e. press box, visitors locker room, Padres batting cages, VIP fan sections, were awesome!

History of the Padres

Madison_T, Jun 2022

Learning the history of the ballpark and how it was built was very cool! It would be cool to see the home club house and go in their dugout.

Great ballpark tour

Jene_M, Apr 2022

Great way to see Petco Park behind the scenes and get some great history. It’s a beautiful ballpark and it’s really cool to see where it started and to visit the locations you wouldn’t normally be able to go! Definitely would recommend for a baseball Or sports fan.

Personalized and special moments at the worlds greatest ball park.

Christopher_A, May 2022

Me and the boys loved every aspect of the tour. It’s very hard to say which part stood out the most. If we had to choose I think we’d all agree that going into the visiting team locker room and then heading out to the dugout is something we will never forget.

Great day at Petco Park

arleneobremski, May 2022

Our tour guide, Mike, was very knowledgeable about the Park. He took us all over. I especially loved the Press Box. I was so pleased that longtime Broadcaster, Jerry Coleman was honored. The tour was 80 minutes. If you get there early, the Parking across the street is $1 an hour.

Great tour -- even if you don't like baseball!

Jacqueline_R, May 2022

We really enjoyed this tour -- including me, who is completely not into baseball! It was fun and informative, and our tour guide was incredibly knowledgeable. He clearly loves his job, loves the Padres, and loves being able to share his passion with the tour guests. We went into the visiting team's locker room and dugout, up to the fancy suites, the press box and a bunch of cool places in between. Really recommend it!

Slam Diego

Brandi_B, Jan 2022

Really great tour, very informative. The field was under construction as was much of the stadium, but it was still really cool to see the inner workings and views of Petco Park.

Great tour

Noah_P, May 2022

Getting to sit in the visitors dugout, see the media area, and tour the building was an unforgettable experience.

Great experience!

Rusty_H, May 2022

Our guide, Jerry, made the event a wonderful experience. A little humor, a lot of facts and you can tell he is a baseball fan.

Must see for the baseball fan

Cblindley, Apr 2022

It was a terrific walking tour around Petco Stadium courtesy of Jim, our guide. He was informative, engaging and extremely enthusiastic. Our group of four have a new appreciation of the history and daily working of the stadium. Jim paced the tour perfectly, accommodating those who were a bit slower. So glad we took the time

Stories I’ve never heard before

jett330, Apr 2022

The behind the scenes stories during the tour were awesome, they gave you a real insight and history of the team.

PETCO PARK tour

Antonio_P, Apr 2022

Great views of the ballpark and its inner workings. Very good History of San Diego baseball as well. Be sure to ask to see the “Boycott Petco” brick on your way out.

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