Wrigley Renovation Thread

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I'm hoping that on the back of the video board in right field the Cubs put a large graphic of a middle finger.

[jersey cubs fan]

So with that clearer version it looks like the clubhouse/dugout renders includes mostly clubhouse/locker/manager's office on the left, maybe with extra office space. Then on the right you have a high end bar for big spenders seated around the dugout, with potential for mingling, or at least sightings of players heading to and from the dugout to the clubhouse or batting cages. They will be able to watch them take BP there.

 

And there is an auditorium, I assume for press conferences, just north of the bar and batting cages.

[Guest]

So with that clearer version it looks like the clubhouse/dugout renders includes mostly clubhouse/locker/manager's office on the left, maybe with extra office space. Then on the right you have a high end bar for big spenders seated around the dugout, with potential for mingling, or at least sightings of players heading to and from the dugout to the clubhouse or batting cages. They will be able to watch them take BP there.

 

And there is an auditorium, I assume for press conferences, just north of the bar and batting cages.

 

I was figuring that dining area was for the players, but maybe you have it right.

 

I thought the auditorium might be there for the players...like at the spring facility. Kinda fits with that thing Theo was talking about with wanting to operate like a football team in some ways.

 

Could really be both (media and players), I guess.

[jersey cubs fan]

So with that clearer version it looks like the clubhouse/dugout renders includes mostly clubhouse/locker/manager's office on the left, maybe with extra office space. Then on the right you have a high end bar for big spenders seated around the dugout, with potential for mingling, or at least sightings of players heading to and from the dugout to the clubhouse or batting cages. They will be able to watch them take BP there.

 

And there is an auditorium, I assume for press conferences, just north of the bar and batting cages.

 

I was figuring that dining area was for the players, but maybe you have it right.

 

I thought the auditorium might be there for the players...like at the spring facility. Kinda fits with that thing Theo was talking about with wanting to operate like a football team in some ways.

 

Could really be both (media and players), I guess.

 

Player dining seems pretty clearly all the way to the left, near the pool table and ping pong table, and the kitchen.

 

These sorts of bars are pretty standard in all newer stadiums, completely separate from the hoi polloi, and providing some sort of greater access to at least seeing the players.

[Guest]

So with that clearer version it looks like the clubhouse/dugout renders includes mostly clubhouse/locker/manager's office on the left, maybe with extra office space. Then on the right you have a high end bar for big spenders seated around the dugout, with potential for mingling, or at least sightings of players heading to and from the dugout to the clubhouse or batting cages. They will be able to watch them take BP there.

 

And there is an auditorium, I assume for press conferences, just north of the bar and batting cages.

 

I was figuring that dining area was for the players, but maybe you have it right.

 

I thought the auditorium might be there for the players...like at the spring facility. Kinda fits with that thing Theo was talking about with wanting to operate like a football team in some ways.

 

Could really be both (media and players), I guess.

 

Player dining seems pretty clearly all the way to the left, near the pool table and ping pong table, and the kitchen.

 

These sorts of bars are pretty standard in all newer stadiums, completely separate from the hoi polloi, and providing some sort of greater access to at least seeing the players.

 

Did not know that. The idea of a bar with an open doorway to the dugout/clubhouse tunnel is insane to me.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Gigantic jumbotron and signs block the wind blowing in from left just as we graduate a historic generation of right-handed power hitters. Hendry would never have thought of that.

[Vinestal]

Gigantic jumbotron and signs block the wind blowing in from left just as we graduate a historic generation of right-handed power hitters. Hendry would never have thought of that.

They will likely be having to constantly repair it, maybe they could add some kind of futuristic thick transparent shielding to it

[MWV]

So with that clearer version it looks like the clubhouse/dugout renders includes mostly clubhouse/locker/manager's office on the left, maybe with extra office space. Then on the right you have a high end bar for big spenders seated around the dugout, with potential for mingling, or at least sightings of players heading to and from the dugout to the clubhouse or batting cages. They will be able to watch them take BP there.

 

And there is an auditorium, I assume for press conferences, just north of the bar and batting cages.

 

I was figuring that dining area was for the players, but maybe you have it right.

 

I thought the auditorium might be there for the players...like at the spring facility. Kinda fits with that thing Theo was talking about with wanting to operate like a football team in some ways.

 

Could really be both (media and players), I guess.

 

Player dining seems pretty clearly all the way to the left, near the pool table and ping pong table, and the kitchen.

 

These sorts of bars are pretty standard in all newer stadiums, completely separate from the hoi polloi, and providing some sort of greater access to at least seeing the players.

 

Did not know that. The idea of a bar with an open doorway to the dugout/clubhouse tunnel is insane to me.

I guess I understand the desire to include an exclusive bar/restaurant in the stadium. The new Yankee stadium rather famously included a number of swanky drinking and dining options. Building it dugout/batting cage adjacent seems really weird, though.

[Banedon]

@fspielman

 

If Cubs can't "control our ballpark," Pres. Crane Kenney says team would explore "other options," and look first at other sites in Chicago.

[Guest]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/clout/chi-cubs-unveil-new-drawings-expanded-underground-clubhouse-20140527,0,7917145.story

 

He said the organization has been working closely with city planners on designs that would comply with the city’s architectural landmark standards for the 100-year-old ballpark.

 

“We’ve been working for the last several months with (the city Planning Department) and Landmarks to show them our ideas, and take back their feedback,” Kenney said, adding that last year’s rulings by the Landmarks Commission that allowed two outfield signs established something of a blueprint for bigger plans. “We needed to make sure we fit into the ruling from last summer, which all of this does.”

 

Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts announced last week that his team would soon seek city approval for plans that include more signs than those approved last summer. The seven-sign plan was the Cubs’ original proposal, before it was scaled back in an attempt to compromise with the owners of nearby rooftop clubs that have lucrative views into the ballpark.

 

But attempts to get a guarantee from all rooftop club owners that they would not sue the team hit an impasse, Ricketts said, so the Cubs decided to go forward with the team’s original plan, which would produce more revenue. That additional revenue would help in expanding the clubhouse and make up for less money the team expects from the revenue sharing agreement with the rooftop clubs, Kenney said today.

 

The clubhouse, and other improvements including a new 200-seat restaurant behind the home dugout, would boost the overall renovation cost to $375 million from the previously planned $300 million, team officials said. The Ricketts family also plan to build a hotel west of Clark and a plaza and office-retail building on the triangle property.

 

The new clubhouse would be spread out, with part of it remaining behind the home dugout, plus two new levels beneath the plaza linked by an underground tunnel.

 

Work on the triangle property to build the team’s new clubhouse, which does not require Landmarks approval, would start in July, Kenney said. Work on ballpark structure to accommodate the signs would begin at the end of the season, he added.

 

The entire project, if approved and not held up in court, would take four years to complete and be done by 2018, Kenney said. Owners of the rooftop clubs declined comment.

[Soul]

I'm hoping that on the back of the video board in right field the Cubs put a large graphic of a middle finger.

 

And a reference to cubs.com for single game tickets.

[BeerHere]

Absolutely love this.

[ConstableRabbit]

So with that clearer version it looks like the clubhouse/dugout renders includes mostly clubhouse/locker/manager's office on the left, maybe with extra office space. Then on the right you have a high end bar for big spenders seated around the dugout, with potential for mingling, or at least sightings of players heading to and from the dugout to the clubhouse or batting cages. They will be able to watch them take BP there.

 

And there is an auditorium, I assume for press conferences, just north of the bar and batting cages.

 

I was figuring that dining area was for the players, but maybe you have it right.

 

I thought the auditorium might be there for the players...like at the spring facility. Kinda fits with that thing Theo was talking about with wanting to operate like a football team in some ways.

 

Could really be both (media and players), I guess.

 

Player dining seems pretty clearly all the way to the left, near the pool table and ping pong table, and the kitchen.

 

These sorts of bars are pretty standard in all newer stadiums, completely separate from the hoi polloi, and providing some sort of greater access to at least seeing the players.

 

Did not know that. The idea of a bar with an open doorway to the dugout/clubhouse tunnel is insane to me.

I guess I understand the desire to include an exclusive bar/restaurant in the stadium. The new Yankee stadium rather famously included a number of swanky drinking and dining options. Building it dugout/batting cage adjacent seems really weird, though.

Not the same thing, but there is already an open viewing area of the OF batting cages in the lower part of the RF bleachers.

 

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/335905/battingcage01.JPG

 

[Soul]

Absolutely love this.

 

Bring it ON, Tommy-Boy.

 

Hell, break ground this weekend. Why wait for July?

[imb]

It looks amazing

[UMFan83]

Absolutely love this.

 

Bring it ON, Tommy-Boy.

 

Hell, break ground this weekend. Why wait for July?

 

Well they need approval from whatever group they are trying to get approval from (Landmarks commission?). That hearing isn't until June 6th or something. Then I think they said they were ordering the steel?

[Sammy Sofa]

http://olivethepeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/65402-dear-god-its-beautiful-mugatu-Zmxe.gif

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

http://i.imgur.com/MZ2BCBT.gif

[Guest]

i seriously think the awesomeness of the symbolism of the last call sign on the torco/miller roof is being underrated

 

boss move

[Gmoney08]

I hope the signs block all the views and cause major loss of revenue for the rooftop owners. Then I hope their lawsuit fails miserably with the Cubs settling for very little with the owners.

 

On top of that I hope the rooftop owners are highly leveraged and end up bankrupt with the lost revenues. PTR, comes in and buys up all the property dirt cheap.

 

Rebuilds the rooftops that he bought dirt cheap and turns them into luxury high rises with rooftop views that can see over the signage, plus building more signage on the high rises.

 

The rebuilt high rises will also be named the "Sammy Sofa Zone."

[Guest]

A few more renderings. The bar by the 3B dugout, what looks to be a lower level of the clubhouse area (weight room, I think), and the auditorium:

 

http://www.trbimg.com/img-5384fff2/turbine/chi-wrig273baseclub-20140527/500

 

http://www.trbimg.com/img-5385005c/turbine/chi-wrig27clubhouse-20140527/500

 

http://www.trbimg.com/img-5384fff9/turbine/chi-wrig27auditorium-20140527/500

[Felix Leiter]

I've heard Bruce Levine say on The Score a few times, the new Budweiser sign will bring in $14M+ annually. I don't know if the Cubs have released many financials on the upgrades, but $14M a year would be great.

[jersey cubs fan]

I've heard Bruce Levine say on The Score a few times, the new Budweiser sign will bring in $14M+ annually. I don't know if the Cubs have released many financials on the upgrades, but $14M a year would be great.

 

That one sign, or the overall agreement with Budweiser?

[RynoRules]

I can't seem to figure how to post gif's anymore. I'll just express myself thusly:

 

\:D/

[Cubswin11]

I've heard Bruce Levine say on The Score a few times, the new Budweiser sign will bring in $14M+ annually. I don't know if the Cubs have released many financials on the upgrades, but $14M a year would be great.

 

That one sign, or the overall agreement with Budweiser?

That has to be the overall agreement, including the new sign. $14m for one sign seems really high, no?