Cubs Opening Day vs. Cleveland Guardians

About This Event

Cubs Opening Day 2027 is set to be the earliest Opening Day in Major League Baseball history, and it's a home game at Wrigley Field against the Cleveland Guardians — a Thursday afternoon worth actually taking off work for if you can swing it. It's also the first home game of a season that gets a lot bigger later on: Wrigley hosts the All-Star Game in July 2027.

Wrigley Field itself is the real draw underneath any single game. It opened in 1914 as Weeghman Park, built for Charles Weeghman's Chicago Whales of the short-lived Federal League — the Cubs didn't move in until 1916, two years later, after the Whales' league folded. It's now the second-oldest active ballpark in the majors after Fenway Park, and the only Federal League park still standing, having kept its ivy-covered outfield walls and hand-operated scoreboard through more than a century of changes everywhere else in the sport.

Worth knowing: the official first-pitch time for this game hasn't been announced yet, which is normal this far out — MLB typically sets exact game times a few months ahead, not a year and a half. Check the Cubs' own schedule page closer to March 2027 before building a whole day around an assumed start time.