“The safety and quality of life of our community cannot be compromised by the pursuit of revenue. … It is not the responsibility of the community to help the Cubs owners generate revenue. And we won’t be bullied into meeting the demands of the Cubs organization by attacks on our process in the media.

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We have been operating in good faith over the past two years to give you and your partners every opportunity to work with us in finding solutions that would benefit both the Cubs and the community. After all of the entitlements given to the Cubs organization in recent years, it came as a surprise to read comments indicating your impatience with a process that has already greatly enhance your business,” the letter states.

Boo fucking hoo. OMG They'll be outside drinking till 11? We can't have that. Don't like it? Move to Scottsdale .

Do you want 10,000 big 10 fratbros getting wasted in your neighborhood?

Do you want 10,000 big 10 fratbros getting wasted in your neighborhood?

Do you want 10,000 big 10 fratbros getting wasted in your neighborhood?

Do you want 10,000 big 10 fratbros getting wasted in your neighborhood?

In other news, it's loud when you move close to an airport. You're house will flood if you live along rivers. And you'll probably get shot if you live on the South and West sides of the city.

In other news, it's loud when you move close to an airport. You're house will flood if you live along rivers. And you'll probably get shot if you live on the South and West sides of the city.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

Oh, fuck the whiny neighbors. Right in the (man)pussy...

Do you want 10,000 big 10 fratbros getting wasted in your neighborhood?

I agree. No one should ever be worried about anything that happens around the place they live.

Just Move

Rather than protecting the Clark/Sheffield corridor of bars that depend on Cubs and college football Tunney should focus on diversifying Wrigleyville.

Rather than protecting the Clark/Sheffield corridor of bars that depend on Cubs and college football Tunney should focus on diversifying Wrigleyville.

The neighborhoods owe the success of their businesses and the value of their property to the Chicago Cubs organization.

Suck it up, bitch boys.

The difference here with the "You moved there and deal with it" is that when a lot of these people moved there Wrigley was just a baseball stadium and not a massive multipurpose complex that extends far beyond the walls of the stadium.

It would be like if you chose to buy a house within 1500 feet of a bar and then they bought the property around it and turned it into a much bigger and louder outdoor establishment. I can promise that no one here would say "Well, I chose to move by something and no matter how they change it or how much they add to it I should just STFU and take it".

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

The difference here with the "You moved there and deal with it" is that when a lot of these people moved there Wrigley was just a baseball stadium and not a massive multipurpose complex that extends far beyond the walls of the stadium.
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This shit again? I can't imagine why any of us that don't live there would give a fuck about this. It's really not that big a deal.

But the bar would have every right to buy and expand, just as the Cubs do.

I can be upset about it, but the world does not revolve around me. If I do not like it enough then I am free to move.

What do you mean. Have to look out for the little guy and be ever vigilant.

I don't think assisting the Ricketts family in their pursuit to own all of it falls under "diversification".

The point is they are saying the Cubs don't have the right to buy and expand in this way. They may be wrong but it is wrong to get mad at them for sharing their objections. If one of those local owners decided to open up a strip club next to the kids play area the Cubs wouldn't say "the world does not revolve around the Cubs. If I do not like it then I am free to move".

It's just amazing how many people seem to have the default stance of "Cubs should be able to do whatever they want". Why not just have the city of Chicago take the whole neighborhood by force and then just hand it over to the Cubs then?

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.