Wrigley Renovation Thread

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Any chance we can split the huge side discussion and leave this thread just related to Wrigley Field?

 

 

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[WrigleyField 22]

Any chance we can split the huge side discussion and leave this thread just related to Wrigley Field?

 

 

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9+years snd still getting the hang of it I guess.

 

 

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[Guest]

Any chance we can split the huge side discussion and leave this thread just related to Wrigley Field?

 

 

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You're such a narcissist.

[bigkid66]

Any chance we can split the huge side discussion and leave this thread just related to Wrigley Field?

 

 

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Yes, please.

[USSoccer]

I thought it would have been obvious that I wasn't talking about Cespedes like he was superhuman dynamo that would single handedly carried the team to victory. I was talking in terms of how I think the approach to building the team for this season would have gone.

why do you think it would have gone any differently?

 

Maybe they go after Bourn or B.J. Upton harder. Maybe Justin Upton is willing to waive his NTC to come here. Maybe the FO and the owner approach is more of a willingness to build both for now and later than just later. He fills a couple of key spots on the team and puts you in a better position to construct a team in the short run. I think there's more motivation to construct a better team than what they've gone with this year.

 

Yep. Signalling that you're not being indifferent to being good at the major league level in the short term would have been a hell of a lot more helpful in both FA and talking trade than the way everything's panned out. From Ramirez, to Cespedes, Darvish (not their fault), and then this offseason with the above mentioned guys, there were opportunities to avoid an abyss.

 

When you have the opportunity to add talent at the sole cost of money, so long as it's not stupid ARod-ish money, a big market team should be doing so. The whole point of assembling the Justice League of GMs in the front office was to be able to do everything well. Draft, develop, recruit, etc...

 

Instead, we get an approach that's essentially "We certainly wouldn't mind being good this year, but our real attempts at being good are a couple years away so whatever happens in the meantime at the major league level is whatever". And we get to enjoy speculating on which parts we can strip from the team to sell at auction. It sucks.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Back to the renovation....

 

I'm looking forward to the hotel. I'm wondering how much the rooms will go for there? If it is not too ridulously priced, I would probably stay there on my visits.

[SouthSideRyan]

Back to the renovation....

 

I'm looking forward to the hotel. I'm wondering how much the rooms will go for there? If it is not too ridulously priced, I would probably stay there on my visits.

 

This is why the hotel will be crazy expensive

[bhogg]

Shatner will get you in the cubs hotel for $40 a night!

[apete6]

Back to the renovation....

 

I'm looking forward to the hotel. I'm wondering how much the rooms will go for there? If it is not too ridulously priced, I would probably stay there on my visits.

 

This is why the hotel will be crazy expensive

 

Yeah, on weekend dates in the summer, it will likely be $400/night plus parking. Offseason, though, I could see you getting a room for $100-$150.

[BleacherBadger]

Back to the renovation....

 

I'm looking forward to the hotel. I'm wondering how much the rooms will go for there? If it is not too ridulously priced, I would probably stay there on my visits.

 

This is why the hotel will be crazy expensive

 

Yeah, on weekend dates in the summer, it will likely be $400/night plus parking. Offseason, though, I could see you getting a room for $100-$150.

 

A boutique hotel built next to Wrigley field will not go for $100/night. It won't be a holiday inn express. Even in the offseason.

 

EDIT: And they are partnering with Starwood for it, which specializes in upscale/luxury brands

[Guest]

Back to the renovation....

 

I'm looking forward to the hotel. I'm wondering how much the rooms will go for there? If it is not too ridulously priced, I would probably stay there on my visits.

 

This is why the hotel will be crazy expensive

 

Yeah, on weekend dates in the summer, it will likely be $400/night plus parking. Offseason, though, I could see you getting a room for $100-$150.

 

A boutique hotel built next to Wrigley field will not go for $100/night. It won't be a holiday inn express. Even in the offseason.

 

EDIT: And they are partnering with Starwood for it, which specializes in upscale/luxury brands

 

I've gotten rooms in nice hotels on off peak nights in the 100-150 range. That includes downtown Chicago.

[jersey cubs fan]

Back to the renovation....

 

I'm looking forward to the hotel. I'm wondering how much the rooms will go for there? If it is not too ridulously priced, I would probably stay there on my visits.

 

This is why the hotel will be crazy expensive

 

Yeah, on weekend dates in the summer, it will likely be $400/night plus parking. Offseason, though, I could see you getting a room for $100-$150.

 

A boutique hotel built next to Wrigley field will not go for $100/night. It won't be a holiday inn express. Even in the offseason.

 

EDIT: And they are partnering with Starwood for it, which specializes in upscale/luxury brands

 

I've gotten rooms in nice hotels on off peak nights in the 100-150 range. That includes downtown Chicago.

 

Yeah, a Sunday night in February is going to be cheap.

[rynefan]

I would think off season it would be cheaper. I just stayed at the Hotel Sax, essentially connected to the House of Blues in Chicago, for $130 a night. Plus, Hotel Sax has a good location for the touristy stuff.... cabbing it or walking.

[Sammy Sofa]

Yeah, how could it not be way cheaper in the off-season? So it's next to Wrigley....so what?

[BCVM22]

http://galleries.apps.chicagotribune.com/chi-wrigley-field-renovations-cubs-photos/

 

Renderings of the proposed hotel building, office building, plaza and renovated exterior of the ballpark.

[mookie]

That Jumbotron looks outstanding.

[Guest]

It all looks awesome. I love it.

[Guest]

Also, note the much needed added lighting for the outfield on the new screen.

[Sammy Sofa]

Looks fantastic.

[Banedon]

Love it. Not quite as big as the jumbotron I proposed, but I'll take it. :)

[d_money]

Jumbotron looks much better than I thought

[Old Style]

I like the way that Jumbotron looks out there. It doesn't look too big like an earlier rendering I saw.

 

Are these rooftop seats in the back left of the pic or are they inside Wrigley?

 

http://www.trbimg.com/img-1367369177/turbine/chi-cubswrigley12-20121212/1024

[Guest]

That's a rooftop. That's actually not one of the new pictures, just FYI.

[Guest]

@CSNMooney Ricketts says Cubs are looking for $20 million annually in new outfield advertising.

 

@pswanton "Team starts off each season $50 million in the hole" from maintenance, ad limitations and amusement tax. #rickettscityclub

 

@bstrauss1 Ricketts at City Club: While the Cubs have argued with neighbors, every other team in the division has gotten a new publicly funded stadium.

 

@bstrauss1 Ricketts: "We don't have any plans to raise ticket prices right now." #Cubs

 

@CSNMooney Ricketts says players have complained that Wrigley weight room is smaller than their home gyms, calls facilities "third class."

 

@DannyEcker Ricketts: if it comes to a point where we can't do what we want to do, we'll have to consider moving. (Crowd murmurs)

[KingCubsFan]

@DannyEcker Ricketts: if it comes to a point where we can't do what we want to do, we'll have to consider moving. (Crowd murmurs)

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