Wrigley Renovations and Related Wrigleyville Stuff

[David]

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I figured the talk about other signs might have faded as the Cubs had bought up more of those rooftops and weren't using them as threats anymore, but I guess not.

 

Not that it bothers me at all.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Is that going to block the views from Murphy's

 

Please tell me it's going to block the views from Murphy's

[David]

Is that going to block the views from Murphy's

 

Please tell me it's going to block the views from Murphy's

 

Isn't the Murphy rooftop on Sheffield?

[ConstableRabbit]

Is that going to block the views from Murphy's

 

Please tell me it's going to block the views from Murphy's

Nah, Murphy's is in right-center.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I would've sworn that it was down the left field line

 

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[Andy]

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I figured the talk about other signs might have faded as the Cubs had bought up more of those rooftops and weren't using them as threats anymore, but I guess not.

 

Not that it bothers me at all.

I don't love any of the ad stuff, but I've made my peace with it, it's pro sports, bring on the money.

[Omar]

petition to change Budweiser sign to "America"

 

*signs*

[David]

so the cubs are apparently being forced to restrict access to the plaza to ticketholders only on game days which i'm pretty sure is a far cry from what they intended/hoped to do with their business

 

horse horsefeathers. first the rooftops were the pain in the ass, now the bar owners.

[Banedon]

I guess Ricketts will have to start buying the bars now.

[David]

I guess Ricketts will have to start buying the bars now.

 

do they still do that thing where the beer/food is cheap if you arrive early?

[Banedon]

I guess Ricketts will have to start buying the bars now.

 

do they still do that thing where the beer/food is cheap if you arrive early?

 

You know, they might. We got there early on Saturday and our food was cheaper than menu price and that confused us. "Early bird pricing" was the only conclusion we came up with.

[UMFan83]

so the cubs are apparently being forced to restrict access to the plaza to ticketholders only on game days which i'm pretty sure is a far cry from what they intended/hoped to do with their business

 

horse [expletive]. first the rooftops were the pain in the ass, now the bar owners.

 

total horse horsefeathers because this goes against what Tunney and the city originally proposed and the Cubs accepted.

 

This is exactly how the Red Sox do it with their plaza, so hopefully we can make the best of it (or continue to try to strong arm them into giving in). The Cubs can still open up the plaza and sell alcohol at limited times on non-game days correct?

[David]

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A new ordinance regulating the plaza the Cubs are building next to Wrigley Field is one step closer to becoming law—to the team's dismay.

 

The city's license and consumer protection committee today approved the creation of a new sports plaza venue license, which would dictate alcohol sales, hours of operation and special events in the plaza.

 

Under the proposal, only Cubs ticket holders would be able to get into the plaza during Cubs games or other stadium events like concerts. The Cubs would be allowed to sell beer and wine in the plaza until one hour after day games and until the end of night games with a hard stop at 11 p.m.

 

The plaza could host a maximum of 12 special events per year, which would be required to end by 10 p.m. on weekdays and 11 p.m. on weekends. Those events would be defined as any usage with more than 1,000 people, beer and wine sales, or activity that exceeds the city's noise ordinance limits.

 

The rules were announced June 12 by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, conveyed as a compromise between the city and the team.

 

That was news to the Cubs, which have continued to push for more liberal rules that were proposed in 2013 when Ald. Tom Tunney, 44th, introduced his first version of the ordinance.

 

That version, which was based on the outdoor liquor rules at Navy Pier, would have allowed year-round alcohol sales in the plaza until 11 p.m. on weeknights and midnight on weekends.

 

Before the committee approved the latest version of the ordinance today, Cubs executives reiterated their stance that the rules would restrict many of the uses the team has planned for the plaza when the city approved its creation in 2013.

 

"This ordinance puts into a motion a bizarre set of parameters that further restrict our ability to operate this plaza in the way that it was intended," Cubs spokesman Julian Green after the hearing.

 

Among the team's issues is the limit on special events. Green said the team may want to hold more than a half dozen watch parties for potential postseason road games in the plaza. Each of those would count toward the 12 event maximum, which would scale back the number of community-friendly events they might be able to have like farmer's markets or food and wine parties.

 

"Every year we'd have to go into January saying we're taking six to nine events off the books if we're going to have watch parties," he said. "You're starting in a hole every year."

 

Despite the team's public objections, Tunney praised his ordinance as a fair compromise and stressed that it is designed to sunset after three years to allow time to evaluate how the plaza is being used.

 

"I think this is an incremental ordinance that allows us to get our feet wet, to crawl before we walk, before we run," Tunney said.

 

The new plaza is slated to open by the end of the year and could even be in use by October for any Cubs postseason games.

 

The plaza license is expected to be approved tomorrow by the full City Council.

 

They're also trying to add new limitations on concerts.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

let's pack it all up and move!

[UMFan83]

let's pack it all up and move!

 

Is the mayor of Rosemont still offering to give the Cubs some land??

[Vinestal]

They could put up a big black fence around the whole thing with a sign that says "closed due to city ordenance" with the Alderman and Mayors office numbers on it. I wonder if they have legal recourse to sue the city since they changed things from the original agreement.

[UMFan83]

They could put up a big black fence around the whole thing with a sign that says "closed due to city ordenance" with the Alderman and Mayors office numbers on it.

 

Why the horsefeathers would they do that?

[jersey cubs fan]

let's pack it all up and move!

Make the Atlantans pay for it.

[David]

They could put up a big black fence around the whole thing with a sign that says "closed due to city ordenance" with the Alderman and Mayors office numbers on it.

 

Why the [expletive] would they do that?

 

so that the silent majority speaks more loudly than the squeaky wheel that = the bar owners?

 

not that i'm endorsing this as some great plan, but i'd imagine that's what he meant

[Andy]

I guess Ricketts will have to start buying the bars now.

 

do they still do that thing where the beer/food is cheap if you arrive early?

 

You know, they might. We got there early on Saturday and our food was cheaper than menu price and that confused us. "Early bird pricing" was the only conclusion we came up with.

If you mean at Wrigley, the food and non-alcoholic beverages are 25% off for the first hour the gates are open.

[Vinestal]

They could put up a big black fence around the whole thing with a sign that says "closed due to city ordenance" with the Alderman and Mayors office numbers on it.

 

Why the [expletive] would they do that?

 

so that the silent majority speaks more loudly than the squeaky wheel that = the bar owners?

 

not that i'm endorsing this as some great plan, but i'd imagine that's what he meant

I just don't know what else the can do, I mean if they can't use it the way they want it's basically going to waste anyway, why allow it to benefit the government that is crippling them? I guess they really can't do this because they have to try to recoup at least some of the money they have put into it. The whole thing really sucks.

[Sammy Sofa]

 

Why the [expletive] would they do that?

 

so that the silent majority speaks more loudly than the squeaky wheel that = the bar owners?

 

not that i'm endorsing this as some great plan, but i'd imagine that's what he meant

I just don't know what else the can do, I mean if they can't use it the way they want it's basically going to waste anyway, why allow it to benefit the government that is crippling them?

 

Whut.

[Vinestal]

 

so that the silent majority speaks more loudly than the squeaky wheel that = the bar owners?

 

not that i'm endorsing this as some great plan, but i'd imagine that's what he meant

I just don't know what else the can do, I mean if they can't use it the way they want it's basically going to waste anyway, why allow it to benefit the government that is crippling them?

 

Whut.

I give up, disregard my post on the subject.

[Sammy Sofa]

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[Liam Neeson]

 

Why the [expletive] would they do that?

 

so that the silent majority speaks more loudly than the squeaky wheel that = the bar owners?

 

not that i'm endorsing this as some great plan, but i'd imagine that's what he meant

I just don't know what else they can do, I mean if they can't use it the way they want it's basically going to waste anyway, why allow it to benefit the government that is crippling them? I guess they really can't do this because they have to try to recoup at least some of the money they have put into it. The whole thing really sucks.