Probably more like Times Square or Las Vegas Boulevard.

Im pretty hammered right now.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Is the perspective on this all fucked up or are they going to have wack-ass field dimensions now?

I fail to see how any of this is better than what they have now. Why are there extra light towers? Are those areas insufficiently lit now?

Im pretty hammered right now.

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

Do all stadiums remind you of these locales?

Yes, Wrigley is notorious for having "dark corners" with its current lighting.

I don't believe the playing field dimensions will be changing at all.

Only the Cubs would release a mock up with the sightlines from an obstructed view seat.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

How can you further reduce Wrigley's foul territory? There's practically no foul territory now!

To a certain degree they do. All flashing lights and screaming sound systems. The attendance so many Cub fans are so proud of is largely dependent on people going to one of the last places that isn't like that. Is that really so hard to grasp?

Im pretty hammered right now.

Only the Cubs would release a mock up with the sightlines from an obstructed view seat.

Im pretty hammered right now.

Evidently.
I've never really heard people say that sports stadiums remind them of Las Vegas.

There are huge banks of bright lights and constantly changing signs.

Im pretty hammered right now.

Sounds like a typical trip on the Stevenson.

I don't want to watch a ballgame there either.

Im pretty hammered right now.

Do you like to watch sports while you're in Vegas? Most guys I know like to.

I like to watch a boxing match when I'm out there. Otherwise I watch a lot of TV.

dont worry, you will be able to watch the SOX out there soon! lol

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

A winning Cubs team will not have a problem drawing fans.

Right, but there's quite an assumption in that statement.

I ran some rough numbers. If the Cubs are spending $375M, at a 10% required rate of return (normally you use 12%), they would have to expect over $41M a year in additional profit to make this a worthwhile project. It seems like the front end number is awful big, but I don't know what the incremental revenue would be from all this signage and additional seats. I'd love to see their math. Maybe they are imputing the additional value on the franchise in their calculations, like these renovations will make the team worth another $500M.

This is going have a horrific ending. Whatever Crane Kenney touches turns into a grim disaster.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel declared that his handpicked Commission on Chicago Landmarks would not consider the revised plan to build seven outfield signs, including a second video scoreboard, 300 new seats and new outfield light standards because there were elements of it that no one at City Hall had ever seen before that would impact landmarked elements of the century-old stadium.

The mayor pointed specifically to the plan to create more space for seats by moving the bullpens from foul territory to an area beneath the bleachers; the team released drawings showing parts of the outfield wall removed to give relief pitchers a view of the field.

“At my direction, Ald. [Pat] O’Connor was meeting with the rooftop industry as well as the owners of Wrigley for months trying to work through the issue and there are things….he said he had not seen before. So this is not ready for next week and they have work to do,” the mayor said.

“In all the meetings Pat O’Connor had or with Planning, nobody ever saw that [plan to relocate the bullpens]. It was first seen yesterday. That’s why you don’t take something that’s been there for 100 years and just try to rush it in a week…This recent submission is not ready for next week and there won’t be a meeting or a hearing on it [by the Landmarks Commission] because there’s new things that have been submitted.”

Dan Bernstein‏@dan_bernstein·
Source: Mayor's #Cubs comments today are "political cover," and any issues are minor. Team and city still anticipate approval of plans.


Dan Bernstein‏@dan_bernstein·
Rahm needs to provide the appearance that #Cubs plans' approval is not a rubber-stamping (which it pretty much is).

He's been wrong so many times on this situation. Love his matter-of-fact attitude.

He's been wrong so many times on this situation. Love his matter-of-fact attitude.

Should have moved away...

I hate this whole thing.

I fucking HATE non baseball baseball stuff to begin with and this is just the worst