Wrigley Renovation Thread

[jersey cubs fan]

it'll forever be a sewer pipe in my mind

[Guest]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54400888@N08/16056968776/in/set-72157649472296919

 

I'm not ok with this

 

what do you not like about Ryno sewer?

It's a pier form

Yea we're gonna get some "foundation of our franchise" gag worthy [expletive].

 

 

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[minnesotacubsfan]

it'll forever be a sewer pipe in my mind

 

It is a conduit, I was just making a funny

 

And wrigley nailed it

[jersey cubs fan]

The new market inefficiency the Cubs are looking to exploit is, water evaporation prevention?

 

 

Chicago Cubs ‏@Cubs 2m2 minutes ago

Welcome to Sloan Valve Company as our official water efficiency partner and new #Cubs Spring Training facility naming rights holder.

[jersey cubs fan]

[jersey cubs fan]

I will not be able to think of this new stadium, without thinking of this beauty:

 

http://www.lifelounge.com.au/resources/IMGRELATED/sp-1.jpg

[Guest]

Entourage Sloan > Ferris Bueller Sloane

[jersey cubs fan]

Entourage Sloan > Ferris Bueller Sloane

 

anything Entourage related < everything else in the world

[UMFan83]

Entourage Sloan > Ferris Bueller Sloane

 

anything Entourage related < everything else in the world

 

Entourage Sloan is the exception.

[Guest]

Entourage Sloan > Ferris Bueller Sloane

 

anything Entourage related < everything else in the world

 

Entourage Sloan is the exception.

 

Most of the women are.

[MWV]

The new market inefficiency the Cubs are looking to exploit is, water evaporation prevention?

 

 

Chicago Cubs ‏@Cubs 2m2 minutes ago

Welcome to Sloan Valve Company as our official water efficiency partner and new #Cubs Spring Training facility naming rights holder.

 

The partnership also includes a functional component, as the Cubs will utilize Sloan’s products at their Mesa facilities, and in the 1060 Project – the Wrigley Field renovation and development – back in Chicago.

 

The Cubs will lead the league in moisture vaporators.

[Sammy Sofa]

The new market inefficiency the Cubs are looking to exploit is, water evaporation prevention?

 

 

Chicago Cubs ‏@Cubs 2m2 minutes ago

Welcome to Sloan Valve Company as our official water efficiency partner and new #Cubs Spring Training facility naming rights holder.

 

The partnership also includes a functional component, as the Cubs will utilize Sloan’s products at their Mesa facilities, and in the 1060 Project – the Wrigley Field renovation and development – back in Chicago.

 

The Cubs will lead the league in moisture vaporators.

 

Hmmmm, interesting. Can David translate Bocce?

[Guest]

The new market inefficiency the Cubs are looking to exploit is, water evaporation prevention?

 

 

Chicago Cubs ‏@Cubs 2m2 minutes ago

Welcome to Sloan Valve Company as our official water efficiency partner and new #Cubs Spring Training facility naming rights holder.

 

The partnership also includes a functional component, as the Cubs will utilize Sloan’s products at their Mesa facilities, and in the 1060 Project – the Wrigley Field renovation and development – back in Chicago.

 

The Cubs will lead the league in moisture vaporators.

 

Hmmmm, interesting. Can David translate Bocce?

What the Cubs really need is a droid who understands the binary language of moisture vaporators.

[Derwood]

David's first job was programming binary load lifters, very similar to your evaporators in most respects.

[UMFan83]

http://worldseriesdreaming.com/2015/01/08/another-day-another-rooftops-lawsuit/

 

The Chicago Cubs played hardball with Wrigley Field rooftop owners — blocking the historic ballpark views of owners who refused to sell up, while clearing the sightlines from rooftops the Cubs were able to purchase, a lawsuit filed Thursday alleges.

[Guest]

 

That stupid ugly chain link fencing on the exterior is coming down.

[Guest]

Spiegel says bleachers are almost assuredly not going to be ready and that it could be mid April or late May.

 

Still a chance but very unlikely they'll be ready by Opening Day.

[UMFan83]

Spiegel says bleachers are almost assuredly not going to be ready and that it could be mid April or late May.

 

Still a chance but very unlikely they'll be ready by Opening Day.

 

Kind of ridiculous.

[Banedon]

Spiegel says bleachers are almost assuredly not going to be ready and that it could be mid April or late May.

 

Still a chance but very unlikely they'll be ready by Opening Day.

 

Kind of ridiculous.

 

Eh...plenty of factors can affect timelines on a project this large. I'm sure they'd much prefer to have the bleachers done.

 

At least work is actually happening...

[Guest]

Spiegel says bleachers are almost assuredly not going to be ready and that it could be mid April or late May.

 

Still a chance but very unlikely they'll be ready by Opening Day.

 

Kind of ridiculous.

Especially with the mild December we had. I'd understand if we had a really snowy winter or something...

[Guest]

Spiegel says bleachers are almost assuredly not going to be ready and that it could be mid April or late May.

 

Still a chance but very unlikely they'll be ready by Opening Day.

 

Kind of ridiculous.

Especially with the mild December we had. I'd understand if we had a really snowy winter or something...

 

The whole bleacher process was delayed by around a month or more because when the city dug up the utilities what they found was more antiquated than expected.

 

They've been doing all kinds of work through the brutal cold the past few weeks and the snow.

[UMFan83]

Spiegel says bleachers are almost assuredly not going to be ready and that it could be mid April or late May.

 

Still a chance but very unlikely they'll be ready by Opening Day.

 

Kind of ridiculous.

 

Eh...plenty of factors can affect timelines on a project this large. I'm sure they'd much prefer to have the bleachers done.

 

At least work is actually happening...

 

True but I wonder if they could have held some stuff back a year in exchange for a project with more room for error. It's not the end of the world though, although it might affect the bottom line a little.

[Banedon]

Spiegel says bleachers are almost assuredly not going to be ready and that it could be mid April or late May.

 

Still a chance but very unlikely they'll be ready by Opening Day.

 

Kind of ridiculous.

 

Eh...plenty of factors can affect timelines on a project this large. I'm sure they'd much prefer to have the bleachers done.

 

At least work is actually happening...

 

True but I wonder if they could have held some stuff back a year in exchange for a project with more room for error. It's not the end of the world though, although it might affect the bottom line a little.

 

Maybe, but the signage and jumbotron should be up, so they'll still be getting that money.

[bukie]

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20150116/BLOGS04/150119847/cubs-select-daktronics-for-wrigley-video-boards

[Guest]

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20150116/BLOGS04/150119847/cubs-select-daktronics-for-wrigley-video-boards

 

Was just coming to post this.

 

The left-field video board will be 42 feet high by 95 feet wide and the right-field board will measure 29 feet high by 71 feet wide.

 

Both will feature "variable content zoning" on their displays, which allows them to show one large image for live video and instant replays or break up the screens into zones to show scoring information, statistics, graphics and advertising.

 

Also part of the Daktronics deal will be two new displays on the outfield wall in left field and right field measuring nearly 450-square-feet apiece. It will also install two new 74.5-foot-long ribbon displays along the first and third baselines on the upper deck fascia—far longer than the current displays—and two additional ribbon displays with pitch information.

 

The company's most visible work in Chicago came last year, when it installed 38 outdoor LED video boards at the United Center, including 24 panels stretching 60 feet high on the building's north and south exterior walls, and two 360-inch-plus high definition video boards on its northeast and southeast corners.

 

The nearly 1,500-square-foot video board at U.S. Cellular Field was designed by Mitsubishi brand Diamond Vision.

 

The Cubs have said they expect the new Wrigley Field video boards, part of an ongoing $575 million project to renovate the 100-year-old ballpark and redevelop its surrounding area, to be installed in time for Opening Day at the Friendly Confines on April 5.

 

The team must also tread carefully with the type of imagery and video they show on all of Wrigley's video boards to stay on track for a major federal tax credit from the National Park Service said to be worth $75 million.