Wrigley Renovation Thread

[jersey cubs fan]

For a head of communications the guy they had on during the game last night sure was bad at knowing when to shut up during the course of play.

[Guest]

For a head of communications the guy they had on during the game last night sure was bad at knowing when to shut up during the course of play.

 

I went to the game so I missed this. Cliffs?

[jersey cubs fan]

For a head of communications the guy they had on during the game last night sure was bad at knowing when to shut up during the course of play.

 

I went to the game so I missed this. Cliffs?

 

They had a guy on to talk about the wrigleyfield.com site and video and during the play where Soriano threw a guy out at the plate he kept talking. He even talked over Len calling the out.

 

In other words, in the course of promoting/marketing/communicating a website specifically meant to garner support from Cubs fans for their stadium plan, their communications honcho pissed off Cubs fans. Granted, there probably weren't that many watching at the time.

[Guest]

For a head of communications the guy they had on during the game last night sure was bad at knowing when to shut up during the course of play.

 

I went to the game so I missed this. Cliffs?

 

They had a guy on to talk about the wrigleyfield.com site and video and during the play where Soriano threw a guy out at the plate he kept talking. He even talked over Len calling the out.

 

In other words, in the course of promoting/marketing/communicating a website specifically meant to garner support from Cubs fans for their stadium plan, their communications honcho pissed off Cubs fans. Granted, there probably weren't that many watching at the time.

 

hahahaha

[Guest]

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130514/BLOGS04/130519930

 

After a week of meetings between the Chicago Cubs and Lakeview-area neighborhood groups as well as a new night game ordinance proposal from Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the realities of the framework agreement reached last month are setting in for Wrigley Field-area residents.

"While people may not like the number of night games and concerts that are proposed in the ordinance, I think some folks are becoming resigned to the fact that it's part of the framework," said Lakeview Citizens Council President Will DeMille, who oversees Lakeview's 10 neighborhood groups. "So if this is going to happen, we just need more emphasis on other issues now."

The mayor's proposal to the City Council last week called for the Cubs to be allowed to schedule 35 night games each season with flexibility to add five more per broadcast change requests from Major League Baseball. On top of that, the mayor and Ald. Tom Tunney suggested that up to six more could be scheduled with City Council approval if the league requests more than the five flex games, setting a potential maximum of 46 night games in a season, up from 30 under the current ordinance.

To many residents' dismay, the six games with a 3:05 p.m. start time agreed upon under the framework would not be classified as night games.

 

I'm glad it looks like it's gonna go through, but I really wish they had gotten more than 35 as a baseline.

 

Where does that put them among the rest of baseball? Where would the potential 46 (which would hopefully be maxed out when we're really good, but I'm not sure how you get baseball to request 11 games be changed... isn't that usually just done on Sundays or does baseball do it for some of those weeknight national broadcasts too?)

 

Either way, it would seem those 11 wouldn't impact our TV deal at all (which I think we talked about), since they'd be being bumped for national broadcasts. So only 35 still sucks.

Edited May 15, 2013 by David

[UMFan83]

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130514/BLOGS04/130519930

 

After a week of meetings between the Chicago Cubs and Lakeview-area neighborhood groups as well as a new night game ordinance proposal from Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the realities of the framework agreement reached last month are setting in for Wrigley Field-area residents.

"While people may not like the number of night games and concerts that are proposed in the ordinance, I think some folks are becoming resigned to the fact that it's part of the framework," said Lakeview Citizens Council President Will DeMille, who oversees Lakeview's 10 neighborhood groups. "So if this is going to happen, we just need more emphasis on other issues now."

The mayor's proposal to the City Council last week called for the Cubs to be allowed to schedule 35 night games each season with flexibility to add five more per broadcast change requests from Major League Baseball. On top of that, the mayor and Ald. Tom Tunney suggested that up to six more could be scheduled with City Council approval if the league requests more than the five flex games, setting a potential maximum of 46 night games in a season, up from 30 under the current ordinance.

To many residents' dismay, the six games with a 3:05 p.m. start time agreed upon under the framework would not be classified as night games.

 

I'm glad it looks like it's gonna go through, but I really wish they had gotten more than 35 as a baseline.

 

Where does that put them among the rest of baseball? Where would the potential 46 (which would hopefully be maxed out when we're really good, but I'm not sure how you get baseball to request 11 games be changed... isn't that usually just done on Sundays or does baseball do it for some of those weeknight national broadcasts too?

 

Either way, it would seem those 11 wouldn't impact our TV deal at all (which I think we talked about), since they'd be being bumped for national broadcasts. So only 35 still sucks.

 

I wish I could find the link....someone figured out how many night games each team had scheduled in 2011..I believe the top team had close to 60 night games.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

I believe I read an article at BN from Brett that said the ML average of # of night games is 54 for all the other teams.

[jersey cubs fan]

So only 35 still sucks.

 

I disagree. There is still value in day baseball, played under the sun, value that contributes to the brand of the Cubs.

[Cubswin11]

So only 35 still sucks.

 

I disagree. There is still value in day baseball, played under the sun, value that contributes to the brand of the Cubs.

They have some sort of sentimental that can't be quantified, but more night games have real, positive, quantifiable value on the bottom line.

[Andy]

So only 35 still sucks.

 

I disagree. There is still value in day baseball, played under the sun, value that contributes to the brand of the Cubs.

They have some sort of sentimental that can't be quantified, but more night games have real, positive, quantifiable value on the bottom line.

If the difference between 35 and 46 night games in our TV deal is the difference between the Cubs having and not having enough money to spend to field a contender, we have bigger problems than we thought IMO.

[jersey cubs fan]

So only 35 still sucks.

 

I disagree. There is still value in day baseball, played under the sun, value that contributes to the brand of the Cubs.

They have some sort of sentimental that can't be quantified, but more night games have real, positive, quantifiable value on the bottom line.

 

And they are getting a lot more night games. They are at a happy medium where they can sell more night games while at the same time maintaining the brand value of Cubs day baseball.

[Careless]

46 night games, 26 weekend games almost all during the day, 6 3:05 Friday starts? Take out one or two for Sunday night games, and you're only talking about ~5 weekday day games, unless they start playing Saturday nights.

[Wheelimus]

And there's something to be said for a continued incremental increase in the number of night games. The best motivation for the Cubs owner to provide to get people into the ballpark for those inconvenient day games is a winning team. The best way to get people to remember to DVR those day games is a winning team.

 

The next time this comes up if the Cubs are a perennial contender I think there will be more agreement to increase the number.

[SouthSideRyan]

46 night games, 26 weekend games almost all during the day, 6 3:05 Friday starts? Take out one or two for Sunday night games, and you're only talking about ~5 weekday day games, unless they start playing Saturday nights.

 

They almost certainly will

[jersey cubs fan]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-chicago-cubs-wrigley-field-video-board-signs-20130528,0,4970876.story

 

The Chicago Cubs began the process of evaluating new signs and video boards in the Wrigley Field outfield Tuesday.

Cranes were positioned outside the ballpark on Waveland and Sheffield Avenues to install mockups of the right field sign and tarps representing the proposed 6,000-square-foot video screen.

 

Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts took in the view from a rooftop on Sheffield Avenue as the mockup sign in right field was put into position.

 

“It was what we expected,” Ricketts said, adding he considered the sign to be “minimal” blockage of the view of rooftops.

 

Ricketts said he is “not panicked” about the pace of the process to get the project done.

 

“I’m not a panicky person,” he said.

 

Cubs president Crane Kenney and team marketing partner Wally Hayward watched the work from a rooftop in left field, and Ald. Tom Tunney also was present.

[weis21]

Brett's BN article also has some pics of the mock ups.

[GammonsPocketTweets]

http://www.trbimg.com/img-51a4e7c8/turbine/chi-chicago-cubs-news-cubs-erect-mockups-of-wr-001/580/580x435

 

The repeating 'F's' are so appropriate for the current state of the club.

[Banedon]

This doesn't seem as wide as I had envisioned from previous mockups.

 

http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj631/acecubbie/wrigleymock-upboard_zps6420d531.jpg

[UMFan83]

BCB has more photos of this:

 

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2013/5/28/4373218/cubs-video-board-mockup-rooftops-wrigley-renovations

[KingCubsFan]

Has anyone else been getting calls from random people asking you to attend City Council hearings to support the renovations?

[Cubswin11]

Those cranes holding up tarps made me think of this, with AD's release this weekend maybe that's where they drew the inspiration.

 

http://www.usnews.com/dbimages/master/42046/FE_130522_ad2.jpg

[MSG T]

Has anyone else been getting calls from random people asking you to attend City Council hearings to support the renovations?

 

 

No, I haven't. Which is really surprising even though I don't live in Chicago.

[Guest]

Apparently the neighborhood is being a pain in the ass regarding the night game ordinance.

[Guest]

But apparently all ended well...

 

RT @fspielman ChiCitiCouncil License Committte approves up to 46 night games, four concerts & six 3:05pm starts @ Wrigley after long hearing

[Irrelevant Dude]

A plan to alter a Chicago ordinance would give the Cubs more night games starting in 2014, and the city wants to be able to decide which days the Cubs can reschedule rained out games.

 

Cubs executive Mike Lufrano said giving the city that kind of power is "unprecedented" in baseball.

 

One Cubs official said Tuesday night that such a decision would be logistically impossible, and shows the city's complete lack of understanding of how the baseball schedule works.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-spt-0605-bits-cubs-angels-chicago-20130605,0,3588149.story

 

 

Well that has to be one of the stupidest things I have read about this renovation plan. What business does the city of Chicago have trying to insert themselves into the MLB scheduling process? These nonsensical and overreaching power plays are exhausting.