Outfield Walls To Feature Ginormous Ads (Pictures Added)

[goonys evil twin]

I'm going to focus my complaining energy on the lack of wins in my lifetime. A freaking poster on a beat up old door isn't going to get my heart rate pounding.

[goonys evil twin]

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.

 

Wrigley has never been a place free of visual ad clutter. Fans have always had enormous, impossible to miss ads.

[Chris]

Personally I prefer the cow from Bull Durham.

[NCCubFan]

That cow is still around. Several years ago, when the Bulls moved to their current stadium (a year or so before they moved up to AAA), the cow went with them to the new stadium.

[Jazz]

The only thing I think anyone should care about with Wrigley is winning a WS in it, and not another park. No exceptions. I would not feel as good about winning it at home if it was at Exxon/Mobil Park at New Wrigley Field.

[Derwood]

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.

 

Wrigley has never been a place free of visual ad clutter. Fans have always had enormous, impossible to miss ads.

 

no, no, but the Budweiser house and Torco signs are CHARMING and HISTORIC and FULL OF OLDE THYME AMBIANCE

[David]

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.

 

Wrigley has never been a place free of visual ad clutter. Fans have always had enormous, impossible to miss ads.

 

no, no, but the Budweiser house and Torco signs are CHARMING and HISTORIC and FULL OF OLDE THYME AMBIANCE

 

and don't forget the name Wrigley Field. That's charming. Certainly, not the name of any big corporation or anything...

[Laura]

Way to bump the thread for relevant remarks.

 

I don't like the ads. I don't like the corporate creep at Wrigley. I don't like the concept of increasing signage to pay for the likes of Jason Marquis. I'm not anti-all-change at Wrigley and actually thought they did a fine job with the bleacher reconstruction. And yes, I'm a Cubs fan, and yes, I've visited dozens of other ballparks, and yes, I've spent plenty of time at Wrigley.

 

I understand that people can feel differently about this for legitimate reasons, which is why I don't feel compelled to question their sanity or their commitment to the team.

[Laura]

and don't forget the name Wrigley Field. That's charming. Certainly, not the name of any big corporation or anything...

 

It was actually named after the owner, not the company.

Edited February 20, 2007 by Laura

[David]

and don't forget the name Wrigley Field. That's charming. Certainly, not the name of any big corporation or anything...

 

It was actually named after the owner, not the company.

 

I was really just being a smartass. :)

 

But, I mean, that's pretty much splitting hairs, IMO. The company is named after the owner too, after all.

[Laura]

I kind of guessed. :P

 

I wouldn't mind if they sold naming rights ... I'd prefer it to more on-field ads, actually.

[CuseCubFan69]

I kind of guessed. :P

 

I wouldn't mind if they sold naming rights ... I'd prefer it to more on-field ads, actually.

 

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[98navigator]

I love the Cubs and while it might sound like blasphemy, I don't care about Wrigley Field. The Cubs could play at Thillens Stadium for all I care. I just want them to win a World Series in the next 2-3 years! If selling advertising at Wrigley Field will truly help the team increase its revenue for payroll, so we can afford to keep and acquire new talent, I am all for it.

[Chris]

I kind of guessed. :P

 

I wouldn't mind if they sold naming rights ... I'd prefer it to more on-field ads, actually.

 

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That'll happen

[KenCub]

The only thing I think anyone should care about with Wrigley is winning a WS in it, and not another park. No exceptions. I would not feel as good about winning it at home if it was at Exxon/Mobil Park at New Wrigley Field.

 

I can appreciate people's love of Wrigley, but I honestly wouldn't care where the Cubs played their home games if/when they won the World Series.

The ring's the thing, after all. It would be a nice bonus if they won it at Wrigley, but to me it's all about erasing that (almost) 100 years' drought.

 

They've never won a World Series at Wrigley, so could the park itself be The Curse????

 

(that's just a joke - I don't believe in curses whatsoever)