CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Thousands are expected to make their way to downtown Cleveland this weekend for sporting events, concerts and graduations. <\/p>\n
Here is what you need to know about traffic changes, parking and more:<\/p>\n
Cavaliers Playoff Game 3<\/p>\n
The Cavs return home for Game 3<\/a> on Saturday at 3 p.m. at Rocket Arena. <\/p>\n Go to Cavs.com\/Playoffs<\/a> to get available tickets.<\/p>\n RTA<\/a>: <\/p>\n Walkway from Tower City opens four hours before game$5 all-day passFree parking at rail stationsZach Bryan at Huntington Bank Field:\u00a0<\/p>\n Gates open at 5 p.m. on Saturday, and the event starts at 7 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n Halsam Sports Group (HSG) encourages anyone coming downtown to arrive early due to heavy inbound traffic to other events. <\/p>\n Road Closures: <\/p>\n Rolling stadium road closures will start as early as 2 p.m. With that closure, you won\u2019t be able to come Northbound on West 3rd\u00a0St.\u00a0East 9th, Northbound could close as early as 3 p.m.North Marginal Road will be available for ingress into the stadium.\u00a0The Route 2 off-ramp at East 9th\u00a0will also be open for stadium ingress<\/p>\n HSG provided a link to the routes here<\/a>. <\/p>\n Parking and transportation: <\/p>\n Parking at Huntington Bank Field is for passholders only.Downtown parking: book your spot here<\/a>. Rideshares: Those heading to Huntington Bank Field will get dropped off on Lakeside Ave between West 3rd and East 9th. RTA<\/a><\/p>\n The clear bag policy is in effect, according to HSG.<\/p>\n Guardians Games<\/p>\n The Cleveland Guardians face the Minnesota Twins this weekend. <\/p>\n On Friday, first pitch at 7:15 p.m.On Saturday, first pitch is at 6:10 p.m.On Sunday, first pitch is at 1:40 p.m.Cleveland State University Commencement: Doctoral\/Ph.D.Friday, May 8, 2026 at 6 p.m.Walter B. Waetjen Auditorium\u00a0Music and Communications Building (MU)College of Health, Monte Ahuja College of BusinessSaturday, May 9 at 9:30 a.m.Wolstein CenterCollege of Arts and Sciences, Levin College of Public Affairs and Education, Washkewicz College of EngineeringSaturday, May 9 at 2 p.m.Wolstein CenterCSU College of LawSunday, May 17 at 1 p.m.Wolstein Center<\/p>\n Complimentary parking will be available in the CSU Central, East, West and Prospect parking garages until 5 p.m., and ADA parking is available in the South Garage.<\/p>\n Parking will be open only to CSU graduates and their guests.<\/p>\n Copyright 2026 WOIO. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Thousands are expected to make their way to downtown Cleveland this weekend for sporting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":693523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2380],"tags":[5,135,87456,51,2565,87454,87453,87455,538,4,87457,87458],"class_list":["post-693522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cleveland-guardians","tag-baseball","tag-cleveland","tag-cleveland-cavs","tag-cleveland-guardians","tag-clevelandguardians","tag-csu","tag-downtown-traffic","tag-gradution","tag-guardians","tag-mlb","tag-rta","tag-zach-bryan"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116538943998086693","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/693523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}