Wrigley Renovation Thread

[WrigleyField 22]

How much would it cost in amusment tax/bribe money for the city to eminent domain the land at Roosevelt and the rail yard and give it to the team? I pledge $50.

Care to give me a google map link of the location? I'm not too familiar with the area.

Roughly Roosevelt and Canal is what I think. Not sure exact lot, as the tracks obviously cause issues. Roosevelt el stop is close-ish but a bit of a hike compared to now. Bus access would be easier tho, especially from Union and Ogilve metra trains.

 

Edit - never mind closer east than I was thinking so great walking distance to Roosevelt stop.

 

Tim would have to change his site name though. South Loop Baseball

Edited October 24, 2013 by WrigleyField 22

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How much would it cost in amusment tax/bribe money for the city to eminent domain the land at Roosevelt and the rail yard and give it to the team? I pledge $50.

Care to give me a google map link of the location? I'm not too familiar with the area.

 

Sure thing: Link

 

It really is too bad it will never happen, because it's absolutely perfect. Walking distance from 3 El lines, a few blocks from LSD and 90/94, a long walk or short shuttle/bus from Union Station/Ogilvie, plenty of space for all the other revenue generating crap they want, and they could orient the view from the stadium with the skyline/Sears Tower.

I've always been against moving the Cubs but if the city/neighborhood doesn't allow the team to start making renovations that will increase revenue then the team needs to go elsewhere. I'd love to see what the property values in Wrigleyville would be with no baseball being played there. TT's plan listed about sounds like a good solution. Build a replica of Wrigley there and tell the landlords in Wrigleyville to go [expletive] themselves.

[seanimal]

How much would it cost in amusment tax/bribe money for the city to eminent domain the land at Roosevelt and the rail yard and give it to the team? I pledge $50.

Care to give me a google map link of the location? I'm not too familiar with the area.

 

Sure thing: Link

 

It really is too bad it will never happen, because it's absolutely perfect. Walking distance from 3 El lines, a few blocks from LSD and 90/94, a long walk or short shuttle/bus from Union Station/Ogilvie, plenty of space for all the other revenue generating crap they want, and they could orient the view from the stadium with the skyline/Sears Tower.

 

holy hell this is the most genius thing ever tt

[Guest]

How much would it cost in amusment tax/bribe money for the city to eminent domain the land at Roosevelt and the rail yard and give it to the team? I pledge $50.

Care to give me a google map link of the location? I'm not too familiar with the area.

 

Sure thing: Link

 

It really is too bad it will never happen, because it's absolutely perfect. Walking distance from 3 El lines, a few blocks from LSD and 90/94, a long walk or short shuttle/bus from Union Station/Ogilvie, plenty of space for all the other revenue generating crap they want, and they could orient the view from the stadium with the skyline/Sears Tower.

 

holy hell this is the most genius thing ever tt

 

There would actually be people in the loop. That'a pretty crazy thought.

[Banedon]

How much would it cost in amusment tax/bribe money for the city to eminent domain the land at Roosevelt and the rail yard and give it to the team? I pledge $50.

Care to give me a google map link of the location? I'm not too familiar with the area.

 

Sure thing: Link

 

It really is too bad it will never happen, because it's absolutely perfect. Walking distance from 3 El lines, a few blocks from LSD and 90/94, a long walk or short shuttle/bus from Union Station/Ogilvie, plenty of space for all the other revenue generating crap they want, and they could orient the view from the stadium with the skyline/Sears Tower.

 

Why is that area undeveloped?

 

EDIT: Here's the info I found on it..... http://www.city-data.com/forum/chicago/786908-vacant-land-roosevelt-clark.html

[SouthSideRyan]

How much would it cost in amusment tax/bribe money for the city to eminent domain the land at Roosevelt and the rail yard and give it to the team? I pledge $50.

Care to give me a google map link of the location? I'm not too familiar with the area.

 

Sure thing: Link

 

It really is too bad it will never happen, because it's absolutely perfect. Walking distance from 3 El lines, a few blocks from LSD and 90/94, a long walk or short shuttle/bus from Union Station/Ogilvie, plenty of space for all the other revenue generating crap they want, and they could orient the view from the stadium with the skyline/Sears Tower.

I've always been against moving the Cubs but if the city/neighborhood doesn't allow the team to start making renovations that will increase revenue then the team needs to go elsewhere. I'd love to see what the property values in Wrigleyville would be with no baseball being played there. TT's plan listed about sounds like a good solution. Build a replica of Wrigley there and tell the landlords in Wrigleyville to go [expletive] themselves.

 

I don't give a [expletive] about moving them elsewhere (easily accesible) in the city, it's when people try and put it in Rosemont or Darien because they're angry they don't get to drive 10 minutes to a game from their suburb that's the problem.

[Guest]

How much would it cost in amusment tax/bribe money for the city to eminent domain the land at Roosevelt and the rail yard and give it to the team? I pledge $50.

Care to give me a google map link of the location? I'm not too familiar with the area.

 

Sure thing: Link

 

It really is too bad it will never happen, because it's absolutely perfect. Walking distance from 3 El lines, a few blocks from LSD and 90/94, a long walk or short shuttle/bus from Union Station/Ogilvie, plenty of space for all the other revenue generating crap they want, and they could orient the view from the stadium with the skyline/Sears Tower.

I've always been against moving the Cubs but if the city/neighborhood doesn't allow the team to start making renovations that will increase revenue then the team needs to go elsewhere. I'd love to see what the property values in Wrigleyville would be with no baseball being played there. TT's plan listed about sounds like a good solution. Build a replica of Wrigley there and tell the landlords in Wrigleyville to go [expletive] themselves.

 

I don't give a [expletive] about moving them elsewhere (easily accesible) in the city, it's when people try and put it in Rosemont or Darien because they're angry they don't get to drive 10 minutes to a game from their suburb that's the problem.

 

I just don't see why the city would facilitate a move within the city.

[jersey cubs fan]

I can't see the city helping the Cubs move from one part of the city to another part of the city (because that would hurt a larger amount of people than it helps) and I can't imagine Reinsdorf ignoring the Cubs moving 2 miles away.

[apete6]

How much would it cost in amusment tax/bribe money for the city to eminent domain the land at Roosevelt and the rail yard and give it to the team? I pledge $50.

Care to give me a google map link of the location? I'm not too familiar with the area.

 

Sure thing: Link

 

It really is too bad it will never happen, because it's absolutely perfect. Walking distance from 3 El lines, a few blocks from LSD and 90/94, a long walk or short shuttle/bus from Union Station/Ogilvie, plenty of space for all the other revenue generating crap they want, and they could orient the view from the stadium with the skyline/Sears Tower.

I've always been against moving the Cubs but if the city/neighborhood doesn't allow the team to start making renovations that will increase revenue then the team needs to go elsewhere. I'd love to see what the property values in Wrigleyville would be with no baseball being played there. TT's plan listed about sounds like a good solution. Build a replica of Wrigley there and tell the landlords in Wrigleyville to go [expletive] themselves.

 

I don't give a [expletive] about moving them elsewhere (easily accesible) in the city, it's when people try and put it in Rosemont or Darien because they're angry they don't get to drive 10 minutes to a game from their suburb that's the problem.

 

The White Sox should have moved there 20 years ago.

[Banedon]

I can't see the city helping the Cubs move from one part of the city to another part of the city (because that would hurt a larger amount of people than it helps) and I can't imagine Reinsdorf ignoring the Cubs moving 2 miles away.

 

Ricketts would have to have the balls to successfully get leverage by threatening to leave the city.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I can't see the city helping the Cubs move from one part of the city to another part of the city (because that would hurt a larger amount of people than it helps) and I can't imagine Reinsdorf ignoring the Cubs moving 2 miles away.

 

Ricketts would have to have the balls to successfully get leverage by threatening to leave the city.

 

Ricketts would have to have the resources and acumen to make that threat credible before his balls would matter, and he doesn't.

[Pushfrog98]

How much would it cost in amusment tax/bribe money for the city to eminent domain the land at Roosevelt and the rail yard and give it to the team? I pledge $50.

Care to give me a google map link of the location? I'm not too familiar with the area.

 

Sure thing: Link

 

It really is too bad it will never happen, because it's absolutely perfect. Walking distance from 3 El lines, a few blocks from LSD and 90/94, a long walk or short shuttle/bus from Union Station/Ogilvie, plenty of space for all the other revenue generating crap they want, and they could orient the view from the stadium with the skyline/Sears Tower.

Wow... that would be amazing! There would be plenty of space to build their own "Wrigleyville" too.

 

I put wrigley on the "new land" and adjusted it so Clark St. aligned, just to get an idea of how much space there would be to work with...

http://i.imgur.com/zSyfcPO.jpg

[Guest]

You're pulling a Reinsdorf with the positioning there...

[SouthSideRyan]

I could watch games from my office.

[Pushfrog98]

You're pulling a Reinsdorf with the positioning there...

It was more of just a reference to Clark still being one of the border streets. Obviously, the field wouldn't be positioned that way, with the great view into the rail yard. Also, even poorly placed, you can see how much room for activities the Cubs would have.

[Guest]

Somebody should start a petition. I don't want them to move to a burb, but I like that location.

[davell]

I can't see the city helping the Cubs move from one part of the city to another part of the city (because that would hurt a larger amount of people than it helps) and I can't imagine Reinsdorf ignoring the Cubs moving 2 miles away.

 

Ricketts would have to have the balls to successfully get leverage by threatening to leave the city.

 

Ricketts would have to have the resources and acumen to make that threat credible before his balls would matter, and he doesn't.

Not to mention he's been buying up properties that would lose value immediately with a move. He doesn't have the ability to just write them off. We needed a Dodgers ownership group has [expletive] you money laying around. Instead we've got a bunch of spoiled kids using their dads allowance money.

[Sammy Sofa]

How much would it cost in amusment tax/bribe money for the city to eminent domain the land at Roosevelt and the rail yard and give it to the team? I pledge $50.

Care to give me a google map link of the location? I'm not too familiar with the area.

 

Sure thing: Link

 

It really is too bad it will never happen, because it's absolutely perfect. Walking distance from 3 El lines, a few blocks from LSD and 90/94, a long walk or short shuttle/bus from Union Station/Ogilvie, plenty of space for all the other revenue generating crap they want, and they could orient the view from the stadium with the skyline/Sears Tower.

 

holy hell this is the most genius thing ever tt

 

It really is [expletive] perfect.

 

Hell, I wanted them to move to Cabrini when they kicked everyone out of there, too.

[jersey cubs fan]

It really is [expletive] perfect.

 

Except for the whole impossibility of it.

[Sammy Sofa]

Thanks for clarifying.

[UMFan83]

How much would it cost in amusment tax/bribe money for the city to eminent domain the land at Roosevelt and the rail yard and give it to the team? I pledge $50.

Care to give me a google map link of the location? I'm not too familiar with the area.

 

Sure thing: Link

 

It really is too bad it will never happen, because it's absolutely perfect. Walking distance from 3 El lines, a few blocks from LSD and 90/94, a long walk or short shuttle/bus from Union Station/Ogilvie, plenty of space for all the other revenue generating crap they want, and they could orient the view from the stadium with the skyline/Sears Tower.

 

holy hell this is the most genius thing ever tt

 

It really is [expletive] perfect.

 

Hell, I wanted them to move to Cabrini when they kicked everyone out of there, too.

 

Its even somewhat situated in a neighborhood, albeit a much less established one than Wrigleyville (which is probably a good thing because there will be less NIMBYs)

[Gmoney08]

That would be a very cool spot. You could position it so left field allows homers to be hit into the Chicago river, a view of the railroad tracks, and an amazing view of the Chicago skyline.

[Pushfrog98]

I'm hearing there's a big fire in wrigleyville. Is Rickets taking matters into his own hands?

[SouthSideRyan]

I'm hearing there's a big fire in wrigleyville. Is Rickets taking matters into his own hands?

 

It's gonna have to spread 3 blocks :(

[UMFan83]

I'm hearing there's a big fire in wrigleyville. Is Rickets taking matters into his own hands?

 

It's gonna have to spread 3 blocks :(

 

Can't even commit arson correctly