Outfield Walls To Feature Ginormous Ads (Pictures Added)

[J.R.]

There's no way I would put up with the hassle of traveling to Chicago just to see the Cubs play in some McPark. If not for Wrigley, I'd just watch them nine times in Cincinnati and a weekend in Atlanta and call it a year.

 

As someone who has gone to great lengths to get to Wrigley over the years, with the stadiums being equal, I'd take the path of least resistance.

[cubweiser03]

If they tore down the ivy for more billboard signs then i would riot.

If you dont want to see the ads sit in the bleachers. 8-)

[cubs121]

i can totally hear Pat Hughes saying.... "back to the Under Armour sign....................... and............. GONE!!!!!!"

 

:shock: wait maybe like that or some other way...... i wonder how Len will say it......

[Omar]

i can totally hear Pat Hughes saying.... "back to the Under Armour sign....................... and............. GONE!!!!!!"

 

:shock: wait maybe like that or some other way...... i wonder how Len will say it......

 

Budlight Bleachers?

[Omar]

If they tore down the ivy for more billboard signs then i would riot.

If you dont want to see the ads sit in the bleachers. 8-)

 

I agree. No rooftop ads, dugout ads are to far away, and obviously no Under Armour.. There are those Southwest Airline ads on the railing.

[sethuel1]

"Arching back, the leftfielder can only stare from next to the Under Armor sign as the ball CLEARS the Bud Light Bleachers and HITS THE BUDWEISER HOUSE. Oh my goodness! I haven't seen a homer hit that far here at Wrigley since before the Sears videoboards went up! I hope he doesn't just sit down next to the Walter E. Smithe signs in the dugout, and comes back for a curtain call! Southwest Airlines measures that one at 510 feet."

[Omar]

"Arching back, the leftfielder can only stare from next to the Under Armor sign as the ball CLEARS the Bud Light Bleachers and HITS THE BUDWEISER HOUSE. Oh my goodness! I haven't seen a homer hit that far here at Wrigley since before the Sears videoboards went up! I hope he doesn't just sit down next to the Walter E. Smithe signs in the dugout, and comes back for a curtain call! Southwest Airlines measures that one at 510 feet."

 

:lol:

 

Looks like the manager will have to make a Ford call to the pen.

[imb]

"Arching back, the leftfielder can only stare from next to the Under Armor sign as the ball CLEARS the Bud Light Bleachers and HITS THE BUDWEISER HOUSE. Oh my goodness! I haven't seen a homer hit that far here at Wrigley since before the Sears videoboards went up! I hope he doesn't just sit down next to the Walter E. Smithe signs in the dugout, and comes back for a curtain call! Southwest Airlines measures that one at 510 feet."

 

:lol:

 

Looks like the manager will have to make a Ford call to the pen.

 

On the sprint mobile dugout phone

[Amazing_Grace]

This is dumb. More money does not equal a WS championship. Not only that, this won't necessarily even increase profits. If they lose the tradition of Wrigley and the mystique of the stadium, they have nothing, nada, el zilcho, squat, except for a sometimes mediocre usually worse baseball team run by a pack of morons who take their philosophy from the 1970's. Last time I checked, Kansas City's attendance sucks, as does Pittsburgh's, Florida's, Tampa Bay's, and Cincinnati's.

 

If they want to win a WS, the first thing they should do is fire Hendry and spend whatever it takes to pry Billy Beane from Oakland, Theo Epstein from Boston, or Terry Ryan from Minnesota. They should then trade everyone on the team that can be jettisoned and let the new GM start with the 75-80M payroll that we used to have. I'd wager real money we'd still be a better ballclub within 3 seasons.

[Soul]

They tore down the entire damn bleachers and didn't lose the 'mystique' of Wrigley.

 

Adding yet another ad doesn't change a thing. Probably nothing will, as long as that ballpark is standing in Wrigleyville.

 

The first time Soriano hits a double off that sign, Len will make some wisecrack and wa-la, it becomes just as much a part of the Wrigley mystique as everything else.

[Brian]

I haven't read through all the pages so forgive me if this has been posted.

 

When Under Armour's logo is painted on the outfield doors, it won't be the first time Wrigley Field will have advertising in the outfield. There were signs on the right-field wall from 1918-1920, and the Cubs actually changed the signs several times. Wilson Sport Equipment was one of the advertisers.

[Derwood]

They tore down the entire damn bleachers and didn't lose the 'mystique' of Wrigley.

 

Adding yet another ad doesn't change a thing. Probably nothing will, as long as that ballpark is standing in Wrigleyville.

 

The first time Soriano hits a double off that sign, Len will make some wisecrack and wa-la, it becomes just as much a part of the Wrigley mystique as everything else.

 

well.....tearing down the manual scoreboard and putting up a jumbotron would be a big step in the "ruining the mystique" direction.

 

I think i would be more pissed if they replaced the organ with obnoxious piped in music than anything else. Penn State football games are nearly unbearable during pregame warmups, etc. The music is SOOOO loud.

[sethuel1]

They tore down the entire damn bleachers and didn't lose the 'mystique' of Wrigley.

 

Adding yet another ad doesn't change a thing. Probably nothing will, as long as that ballpark is standing in Wrigleyville.

 

The first time Soriano hits a double off that sign, Len will make some wisecrack and wa-la, it becomes just as much a part of the Wrigley mystique as everything else.

 

well.....tearing down the manual scoreboard and putting up a jumbotron would be a big step in the "ruining the mystique" direction.

 

I think i would be more pissed if they replaced the organ with obnoxious piped in music than anything else. Penn State football games are nearly unbearable during pregame warmups, etc. The music is SOOOO loud.

I'm pretty sure it's on some sort of historic register and can't be torn down.

[Andy]

They tore down the entire damn bleachers and didn't lose the 'mystique' of Wrigley.

 

Adding yet another ad doesn't change a thing. Probably nothing will, as long as that ballpark is standing in Wrigleyville.

 

The first time Soriano hits a double off that sign, Len will make some wisecrack and wa-la, it becomes just as much a part of the Wrigley mystique as everything else.

 

well.....tearing down the manual scoreboard and putting up a jumbotron would be a big step in the "ruining the mystique" direction.

 

I think i would be more pissed if they replaced the organ with obnoxious piped in music than anything else. Penn State football games are nearly unbearable during pregame warmups, etc. The music is SOOOO loud.

I'm pretty sure it's on some sort of historic register and can't be torn down.

Like a good portion of Wrigley Field.

 

And I wholeheartedly agree with Derwood. If they ever take away the organ music I'll lose my mind.

[Guest]

They tore down the entire damn bleachers and didn't lose the 'mystique' of Wrigley.

 

Adding yet another ad doesn't change a thing. Probably nothing will, as long as that ballpark is standing in Wrigleyville.

 

The first time Soriano hits a double off that sign, Len will make some wisecrack and wa-la, it becomes just as much a part of the Wrigley mystique as everything else.

 

well.....tearing down the manual scoreboard and putting up a jumbotron would be a big step in the "ruining the mystique" direction.

 

I think i would be more pissed if they replaced the organ with obnoxious piped in music than anything else. Penn State football games are nearly unbearable during pregame warmups, etc. The music is SOOOO loud.

I'm pretty sure it's on some sort of historic register and can't be torn down.

Like a good portion of Wrigley Field.

 

And I wholeheartedly agree with Derwood. If they ever take away the organ music I'll lose my mind.

 

the loud music at almost every other stadium is very annoying. You can't even talk pregame or between innings.

[Amazing_Grace]

They tore down the entire damn bleachers and didn't lose the 'mystique' of Wrigley.

 

Adding yet another ad doesn't change a thing. Probably nothing will, as long as that ballpark is standing in Wrigleyville.

 

The first time Soriano hits a double off that sign, Len will make some wisecrack and wa-la, it becomes just as much a part of the Wrigley mystique as everything else.

 

It's true that this one ad isn't going to destroy the mystique of Wrigley. It's more like the collective effect of all the successive times that we've seen "just one ad" be put up in Wrigley will eventually diminish the mystique considerably. It's a slippery slope. An ad here, an ad there, and we always say, it's just one, it's OK if it's tasteful, and before you know it Wrigley is no different from any other park in baseball as a way to sell people crap.

 

On an mostly unrelated note, there's way way way way way too much advertising in pro sports (and college for that matter, at my 10,000 student mid major college alma mater there are no fewer than 5 sponsored half-time and timeout events during the basketball games). The way things are going, all sports will end up like Nascar, with ads every conceivable place from the tiny decals for every piece of the automobile to the ginormous NEXTEL in front of the name of the league. I'm not looking forward to watching the Seattle Windows take on the St. Louis Buds for the Wal-Mart championship trophy in the General Electric World Series, played on beautiful Pepsi field in the spacious Citipark.

[Amazing_Grace]

I haven't read through all the pages so forgive me if this has been posted.

 

When Under Armour's logo is painted on the outfield doors, it won't be the first time Wrigley Field will have advertising in the outfield. There were signs on the right-field wall from 1918-1920, and the Cubs actually changed the signs several times. Wilson Sport Equipment was one of the advertisers.

 

This, most likely, is why they can get away with it without having the historic regulators step in.

[Laura]

If they want to win a WS, the first thing they should do is fire Hendry and spend whatever it takes to pry Billy Beane from Oakland, Theo Epstein from Boston, or Terry Ryan from Minnesota. They should then trade everyone on the team that can be jettisoned and let the new GM start with the 75-80M payroll that we used to have. I'd wager real money we'd still be a better ballclub within 3 seasons.

 

Hendry has made sure he won't go quietly. That 75-80M payroll won't pay for the players he's already signed in a couple of years.

[Amazing_Grace]

If they want to win a WS, the first thing they should do is fire Hendry and spend whatever it takes to pry Billy Beane from Oakland, Theo Epstein from Boston, or Terry Ryan from Minnesota. They should then trade everyone on the team that can be jettisoned and let the new GM start with the 75-80M payroll that we used to have. I'd wager real money we'd still be a better ballclub within 3 seasons.

 

Hendry has made sure he won't go quietly. That 75-80M payroll won't pay for the players he's already signed in a couple of years.

 

I'm assuming they can be traded, but I guess Soriano couldn't because of the NTC.

[Soul]

They tore down the entire damn bleachers and didn't lose the 'mystique' of Wrigley.

 

Adding yet another ad doesn't change a thing. Probably nothing will, as long as that ballpark is standing in Wrigleyville.

 

The first time Soriano hits a double off that sign, Len will make some wisecrack and wa-la, it becomes just as much a part of the Wrigley mystique as everything else.

 

It's true that this one ad isn't going to destroy the mystique of Wrigley. It's more like the collective effect of all the successive times that we've seen "just one ad" be put up in Wrigley will eventually diminish the mystique considerably. It's a slippery slope. An ad here, an ad there, and we always say, it's just one, it's OK if it's tasteful, and before you know it Wrigley is no different from any other park in baseball as a way to sell people crap.

 

On an mostly unrelated note, there's way way way way way too much advertising in pro sports (and college for that matter, at my 10,000 student mid major college alma mater there are no fewer than 5 sponsored half-time and timeout events during the basketball games). The way things are going, all sports will end up like Nascar, with ads every conceivable place from the tiny decals for every piece of the automobile to the ginormous NEXTEL in front of the name of the league. I'm not looking forward to watching the Seattle Windows take on the St. Louis Buds for the Wal-Mart championship trophy in the General Electric World Series, played on beautiful Pepsi field in the spacious Citipark.

 

Everyone always cites the NASCAR example. The fans of NASCAR love the ads. They've basically adopted the advertisers of each driver.

 

It's viewed as a positive, not a negative.

 

I don't think baseball will ever be like NASCAR. But I also don't view advertising as inherently bad, either.

[BeerHere]

Sometimes this board can be so overly-dramatic. It's advertising, that's all. It brings $$ into the team you love, hopefully to allow them to add to the payroll. If advertising bothers you, perhaps the problem is you.

 

Wrigley is old and has avoided this sort of revenue for some time. I have no problem with it whatsoever.

[Soul]

Looks like this was already done in the past, so instead of complaining about having the ad, we should be complaining about being deprived of it for 80 years.

[David]

Looks like this was already done in the past, so instead of complaining about having the ad, we should be complaining about being deprived of it for 80 years.

 

No!!!! I don't care what you say. In the good old days, they didn't have ads!!!11!

[Chris]

Looks like this was already done in the past, so instead of complaining about having the ad, we should be complaining about being deprived of it for 80 years.

 

Awesome

[Amazing_Grace]

They tore down the entire damn bleachers and didn't lose the 'mystique' of Wrigley.

 

Adding yet another ad doesn't change a thing. Probably nothing will, as long as that ballpark is standing in Wrigleyville.

 

The first time Soriano hits a double off that sign, Len will make some wisecrack and wa-la, it becomes just as much a part of the Wrigley mystique as everything else.

 

It's true that this one ad isn't going to destroy the mystique of Wrigley. It's more like the collective effect of all the successive times that we've seen "just one ad" be put up in Wrigley will eventually diminish the mystique considerably. It's a slippery slope. An ad here, an ad there, and we always say, it's just one, it's OK if it's tasteful, and before you know it Wrigley is no different from any other park in baseball as a way to sell people crap.

 

On an mostly unrelated note, there's way way way way way too much advertising in pro sports (and college for that matter, at my 10,000 student mid major college alma mater there are no fewer than 5 sponsored half-time and timeout events during the basketball games). The way things are going, all sports will end up like Nascar, with ads every conceivable place from the tiny decals for every piece of the automobile to the ginormous NEXTEL in front of the name of the league. I'm not looking forward to watching the Seattle Windows take on the St. Louis Buds for the Wal-Mart championship trophy in the General Electric World Series, played on beautiful Pepsi field in the spacious Citipark.

 

Everyone always cites the NASCAR example. The fans of NASCAR love the ads. They've basically adopted the advertisers of each driver.

 

It's viewed as a positive, not a negative.

 

I don't think baseball will ever be like NASCAR. But I also don't view advertising as inherently bad, either.

 

It's not that advertising is "bad", it's that we're bombarded with it constantly every single day in almost every conceivable place. It's nice to have a few places free of the visual clutter. Wrigley is eventually going to be one fewer of these to some extent.