Janet Marie Smith to the Cubs? Any impact on Wrigley Field?

[Sammy Sofa]

Try not to let your bias affect you asseessment of the Cell. Having been to 20 plus stadiums, the post-renovated Cell is a pretty good park. As initially built, the place was a sterile "ballmall". Having completed a half dozen improvements to the park, it has come a long way.

 

I'm not letting anything cloud my judgement of the cell. I'll happily go see a baseball game in person regardless of who is playing and compared to places like Camden or PNC the Cell is as dull as can be.

Edited September 25, 2009 by Sammy Sofa

[Garwilly]

Try not to let your bias affect you asseessment of the Cell. Having been to 20 plus stadiums, the post-renovated Cell is a pretty good park. As initially built, the place was a sterile "ballmall". Having completed a half dozen improvements to the park, it has come a long way.

 

I'm not letting anything cloud my judgement of the cell. I'll happily go see a baseball game in person regardless of who is playing and compared to places like Camden or PNC the Cell is a dull as can be.

 

And what about compared to Great American, Busch, or Miller? You compared it to what many consider to be two of the top recent stadiums.

 

Let me guess, it isn't as nice as New Yankee Stadium either :) .

 

 

The fact of the matter is the place is a fine place to enjoy a ballgame.

[Exile on Waveland]

Try not to let your bias affect you asseessment of the Cell. Having been to 20 plus stadiums, the post-renovated Cell is a pretty good park. As initially built, the place was a sterile "ballmall". Having completed a half dozen improvements to the park, it has come a long way.

 

I'm not letting anything cloud my judgement of the cell. I'll happily go see a baseball game in person regardless of who is playing and compared to places like Camden or PNC the Cell is a dull as can be.

 

And what about compared to Great American, Busch, or Miller? You compared it to what many consider to be two of the top recent stadiums.

 

Let me guess, it isn't as nice as New Yankee Stadium either :) .

 

 

The fact of the matter is the place is a fine place to enjoy a ballgame.

 

The recent renovations greatly enhanced the Cell. However, it's still worse than GAB, Busch, and Miller. It's better than LandShark Stadium, the Metrodome, Oakland Coliseum, and Tropicana Field. That's pretty much the exclusive list. That's not coming from bias -- I don't live in Chicago and hardly know any White Sox fans -- because I barely even have a Sox-bias. Cards? Sure. But Busch is still better.

[Guest]

Of the stadiums currently in play, I've been to:

 

Wrigley

PNC

Camden

Petco

Comerica

Miller

Busch

Anaheim

The Ballpark at Arlington (though I did sit in Ross Perot's box, which was cool ;) )

Cell One

 

Those are in rough order of how much I liked the stadiums.

 

Of course, it's much better than Riverfront, Three Rivers, old Busch, and a bunch of other multipurpose, cookie-cutter stadiums of the 70's and 80's.

 

 

With all the traveling I do, I really need to make it a point during the summer to hit ballparks in the cities I'm visiting.

[Exile on Waveland]

Of the stadiums currently in play, I've been to:

 

Wrigley

PNC

Camden

Petco

Comerica

Miller

Busch

Anaheim

The Ballpark at Arlington (though I did sit in Ross Perot's box, which was cool ;) )

Cell One

 

Those are in rough order of how much I liked the stadiums.

 

Of course, it's much better than Riverfront, Three Rivers, old Busch, and a bunch of other multipurpose, cookie-cutter stadiums of the 70's and 80's.

 

 

With all the traveling I do, I really need to make it a point during the summer to hit ballparks in the cities I'm visiting.

 

Hey, that's one I haven't been too (and, tooting my own horn, I'm pretty much the trump card when it comes to stadiums visited). Though I'm going to need another trip to New York. . .

 

If you can exclude weather -- hard I know -- I preferred Comerica to Petco. I'd also have Busch, and maybe Anaheim, above Miller Park.

[jersey cubs fan]

I've been to Citi 3 times this year in really good seats and the stadium sucks.

[apete6]

My Rankings of MLB stadiums I've been to:

 

Wrigley

Fenway

PNC

AT&T

Camden

Coors

Petco

Dodger

US Cellular

Miller

Nationals

Great American

Busch 2

Anaheim

Original Yankee

Busch 1

Shea

County

Old Comiskey

Veterans

Tropicana

Metrodome

[Guest]

embarrasing to admit that I lived in orange county for six years, made it to Jack Murphy, Petco and Anaheim...but never dodger stadium.

 

The two that I'd like to get to the most would be AT+T and Coors. Wait - Fenway tops the list. I guess I was thinking new stadiums.

[erik316wttn]

I don't see the Cubs moving out of Wrigley Field.

 

I could see a 1 or 2 year rennovation project, however, in which they play "home" games at Miller Park or The Cell, or a combination of both.

[Pushfrog98]

My Rankings of MLB stadiums I've been to:

 

Wrigley

Fenway

PNC

AT&T

Camden

Coors

Petco

Dodger

US Cellular

Miller

Nationals

Great American

Busch 2

Anaheim

Original Yankee

Busch 1

Shea

County

Old Comiskey

Veterans

Tropicana

Metrodome

I feel lame... I've only been to Wrigley, GABP, Busch 2 and Busch 3... Granted, I haven't been alive for some of those (Busch 1)

[waffle]

Wrigley and it's charm are a pretty big part of the cubs identity/A big part of why the can draw 3 million a year with some pretty uninspiring baseball.

 

I think some cubs fans kinda resent Wrigley as it is the primary reason why some people go to the games, not the cubs, not to watch good baseball (or hope to at least)

 

You remove Wrigley or make it unrecognizable and I think you'd be surprised at the negative response, even by people who didn't know they cared.

 

I have been to tons of ball parks all over the country, and only Wrigley, Fenway and the old Yankee stadium had that same "it". Anaheim comes close for me. The old Comiskey was great. I didn't like the Dodgers a bit, nor the new Baltimore park, which started the whole looks classic/but with amenities.

 

Note that I am an old grumpy man

[E.J.]

embarrasing to admit that I lived in orange county for six years, made it to Jack Murphy, Petco and Anaheim...but never dodger stadium.

 

The two that I'd like to get to the most would be AT+T and Coors. Wait - Fenway tops the list. I guess I was thinking new stadiums.

 

You aren't missing anything, unless you're a huge fan of the wave and playing with beach balls.

[Garwilly]

I didn't mean to start the tangent, but....

 

Wrigley Field

AT&T Park

Minute Maid Park

Petco Park

US Cellular Field

Miller Park

Busch 3

Comerica Park

Great American Ballpark

Progressive Field

Turner Field

McAfee Collosium

Shea Stadium

Old Yankee Stadium

Comiskey Park

Busch 2

Cinergy Field

County Stadium

[Garwilly]

My Rankings of MLB stadiums I've been to:

 

Wrigley

Fenway

PNC

AT&T

Camden

Coors

Petco

Dodger

US Cellular

Miller

Nationals

Great American

Busch 2

Anaheim

Original Yankee

Busch 1

Shea

County

Old Comiskey

Veterans

Tropicana

Metrodome

I feel lame... I've only been to Wrigley, GABP, Busch 2 and Busch 3... Granted, I haven't been alive for some of those (Busch 1)

 

I think he meant Busch 2 and 3, most people forget there was a Busch Stadium before the cookie cutter one.

[Exile on Waveland]

The old Yankee Stadium sucked.

[Derwood]

Shut wrigley down for a season, leave the shell, the bleachers, outfield wall and scoreboard, then gut the rest and rebuild it in the same style

[Sammy Sofa]

Try not to let your bias affect you asseessment of the Cell. Having been to 20 plus stadiums, the post-renovated Cell is a pretty good park. As initially built, the place was a sterile "ballmall". Having completed a half dozen improvements to the park, it has come a long way.

 

I'm not letting anything cloud my judgement of the cell. I'll happily go see a baseball game in person regardless of who is playing and compared to places like Camden or PNC the Cell is a dull as can be.

 

And what about compared to Great American, Busch, or Miller? You compared it to what many consider to be two of the top recent stadiums.

 

Let me guess, it isn't as nice as New Yankee Stadium either :) .

 

 

The fact of the matter is the place is a fine place to enjoy a ballgame.

 

I definitely have enjoyed games at Busch and Miller much more than the Cell. I thought Great American was OK but rather unremarkable, much like the Cell.

[Cubswin11]

Shut wrigley down for a season, leave the shell, the bleachers, outfield wall and scoreboard, then gut the rest and rebuild it in the same style

This^^^

[BCVM22]

Shut wrigley down for a season, leave the shell, the bleachers, outfield wall and scoreboard, then gut the rest and rebuild it in the same style

 

Even if they worked from the first day that Chicago weather will allow it to the last, that'd take longer than a season, don't you think?

[Cubswin11]

Shut wrigley down for a season, leave the shell, the bleachers, outfield wall and scoreboard, then gut the rest and rebuild it in the same style

 

Even if they worked from the first day that Chicago weather will allow it to the last, that'd take longer than a season, don't you think?

I know it was a different situation/stadiums, but about how long did it take the Packers/Bears to renovate? The Cubs would save a little time, because the bleachers/scoreboard that would likely stay and they just redid the field so no work would have to be done there. I would think 1 1/2 years maybe?

[Misfit]

Even with the great attendance that Wrigley draws, the question that any exec. in the organization must ask, how can they maximize profits? Their location only allocates them a certain amount of space. They can leave the field, scoreboard, and redo the concourses and such, but how much more modern can they make them with their limited space? I'm not an expert on ballparks so I'm asking from a true ignorant position. They have to be able to construct and rebuild without losing any charm, yet take advantage of incorporating any modern conveniences when possible.

[apete6]

Shut wrigley down for a season, leave the shell, the bleachers, outfield wall and scoreboard, then gut the rest and rebuild it in the same style

 

Even if they worked from the first day that Chicago weather will allow it to the last, that'd take longer than a season, don't you think?

 

Let's say season ends October 1, they would have 18 months to do construction. Even though that's two winters, its probably possible with enough determination.

[Garwilly]

Shut wrigley down for a season, leave the shell, the bleachers, outfield wall and scoreboard, then gut the rest and rebuild it in the same style

 

Even if they worked from the first day that Chicago weather will allow it to the last, that'd take longer than a season, don't you think?

 

Let's say season ends October 1, they would have 18 months to do construction. Even though that's two winters, its probably possible with enough determination.

 

Playoffs?

[erik316wttn]

Shut wrigley down for a season, leave the shell, the bleachers, outfield wall and scoreboard, then gut the rest and rebuild it in the same style

 

Even if they worked from the first day that Chicago weather will allow it to the last, that'd take longer than a season, don't you think?

 

Let's say season ends October 1, they would have 18 months to do construction. Even though that's two winters, its probably possible with enough determination.

 

Playoffs?

[Garwilly]

Shut wrigley down for a season, leave the shell, the bleachers, outfield wall and scoreboard, then gut the rest and rebuild it in the same style

 

Even if they worked from the first day that Chicago weather will allow it to the last, that'd take longer than a season, don't you think?

 

Let's say season ends October 1, they would have 18 months to do construction. Even though that's two winters, its probably possible with enough determination.

 

Playoffs?

 

October 1.

 

Seriously?