Peoria Chiefs Open Dozer Park for Holiday Lights

The Chiefs' first Holiday Lights at the Ballpark event features more than 1.5 million lights across the ballpark.

Updated on Nov. 13, 2026 in Baseball

Photograph of a ballpark at night, its grandstands and light poles wrapped in warm white and colored string lights over an empty illuminated diamond. — The Peoria Chiefs opened Dozer Park to the public Friday for their first Holiday Lights at the Ballpark, with more than 1.5 million lights running through Jan. 2. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

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The Peoria Chiefs opened Dozer Park to the public for the team's first Holiday Lights at the Ballpark event. More than 1.5 million lights fill the ballpark, and the event opens Friday and runs through Jan. 2.

Why it matters

The Chiefs hope the display brings more people downtown and gives families another reason to visit the ballpark during the offseason. The event turns the stadium into a winter attraction for Peoria residents.

Tickets cost $12 in November and $14 in December and January, and can be bought online or at the ballpark. The display features more than 1.5 million lights, but the number of visitors expected was not disclosed.

The players

Peoria Chiefs

The Peoria Chiefs are a Minor League Baseball team that plays at Dozer Park in Peoria, Illinois, and operate the holiday event.

Leaves 'n Beans

Leaves 'n Beans is a Peoria coffee business providing hot cocoa at the Dozer Park concession stand during the event.

The details

Visitors walk the concourse and warning track past themed light displays, with fire pits, arts and crafts, and a train ride around the concourse. Leaves 'n Beans is providing hot cocoa at the Dozer Park concession stand.

Holiday Lights at the Ballpark opens Friday in November 2026.
Tickets cost $12 in November 2026.
Tickets cost $14 in December 2026 and January 2027.
The event runs through Jan. 2, 2027.

Season Trajectory

The holiday display extends the Chiefs' use of Dozer Park beyond the baseball season, keeping the ballpark active as a downtown draw through the winter months. It gives the team a way to build fan connection during the offseason.

Tickets can be bought online or at the ballpark, with prices rising from $12 in November to $14 in December and January. Visitors should plan for the event running through Jan. 2.

The takeaway

Holiday Lights at the Ballpark gives families a winter reason to visit Dozer Park, and buying tickets earlier in November keeps the cost lower than in December and January.