Roll Call: Who is going to be in Chicago for the World Series?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

do you think my gallstones could handle Italian beef?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

holy horsefeathers, Chicago is probably the worst place in the world I could go for my health

[Thed Hoyerstein]

So can we expect that most restaurants and places of interest in the city during the day are going to be flooded as well? There are some restaurants I want to hit up for lunch but I'm wondering if it's gonna be a madhouse everywhere, all day, all weekend long?

 

You'll be fine for lunch. Unless you're planning to be at a Wrigley bar the whole time, you won't need to be at places at the crack of dawn.

 

For reference, I knew someone that got to a clark street bar by around 130 on Saturday to hang out and watch college football while waiting for 7pm to roll around. Another nearby neighbors is Southport and it's not nearly as crazy but you're still a 10-15 minute to Clark Street.

[Omar]

I think I have to

 

After spending the weekend in Jersey I have decided: EWR is such a bad airport. Makes ORD look like the Taj Mahal.

[jersey cubs fan]

After spending the weekend in Jersey I have decided: EWR is such a bad airport. Makes ORD look like the Taj Mahal.

Terminal C is pretty good, all the rest is garbage. But it's so easy for me to get to and not the boonies [expletive] of O'Hare.

[Hunter]

Hotels are blowing up. Anything near red line is 300+ this weekend.

[apete6]

People who wear headphones and listen to the radio at live sporting events are sad and lonely creatures

 

This we can all agree on.

[mul21]

If you guys haven't heard, I'm being told some places are talking about $80-100 cover charges and $15 12 oz beers in Wrigleyville. Assholes. I understand wanting to make money, but damn, that's ridiculous.

[Clem Fandango]

If you guys haven't heard, I'm being told some places are talking about $80-100 cover charges and $15 12 oz beers in Wrigleyville. horsefeathers. I understand wanting to make money, but damn, that's ridiculous.

 

Yeah. The more I hear and read about it, the more it's becoming a hard pass on being around Wrigleyville during this series. If the experience will be standing around an insane crowd of people, not being able to buy any food or drink, nor having a feed to watch or listen to and just being by the stadium for 4-5 hours standing there, think I'll pass on that.

[Cubswin11]

If you guys haven't heard, I'm being told some places are talking about $80-100 cover charges and $15 12 oz beers in Wrigleyville. horsefeathers. I understand wanting to make money, but damn, that's ridiculous.

This is why I can only feel so bad for the rooftops and bars in the area when they complain about the Cubs buying stuff up and moving in

[Irrelevant Dude]

If you guys haven't heard, I'm being told some places are talking about $80-100 cover charges and $15 12 oz beers in Wrigleyville. horsefeathers. I understand wanting to make money, but damn, that's ridiculous.

Are the Wrigleyville bars/restaurants doing anything to prevent people from camping tables all day long? I can't imagine it would be in their best interests to have the same group occupying a table for several hours leading up to the game.

[Old Style]

If you guys haven't heard, I'm being told some places are talking about $80-100 cover charges and $15 12 oz beers in Wrigleyville. horsefeathers. I understand wanting to make money, but damn, that's ridiculous.

Murphy's has made it clear that they are not charging a cover, FWIW. But I did hear the Cubby Bear was charging a $100 cover last Saturday.

[Derwood]

If you guys haven't heard, I'm being told some places are talking about $80-100 cover charges and $15 12 oz beers in Wrigleyville. horsefeathers. I understand wanting to make money, but damn, that's ridiculous.

Are the Wrigleyville bars/restaurants doing anything to prevent people from camping tables all day long? I can't imagine it would be in their best interests to have the same group occupying a table for several hours leading up to the game.

 

I would give them a hard time limit of how long they can go without buying something

[mul21]

If you guys haven't heard, I'm being told some places are talking about $80-100 cover charges and $15 12 oz beers in Wrigleyville. horsefeathers. I understand wanting to make money, but damn, that's ridiculous.

Murphy's has made it clear that they are not charging a cover, FWIW. But I did hear the Cubby Bear was charging a $100 cover last Saturday.

 

That's not the info I'm getting. My dad actually called Murphy's and they said no cover as of now, but not out of the question. My cousin has also heard they're one of the bars planning to charge a cover for sure.

[Old Style]

If you guys haven't heard, I'm being told some places are talking about $80-100 cover charges and $15 12 oz beers in Wrigleyville. horsefeathers. I understand wanting to make money, but damn, that's ridiculous.

Murphy's has made it clear that they are not charging a cover, FWIW. But I did hear the Cubby Bear was charging a $100 cover last Saturday.

 

That's not the info I'm getting. My dad actually called Murphy's and they said no cover as of now, but not out of the question. My cousin has also heard they're one of the bars planning to charge a cover for sure.

http://i.imgur.com/N93DpdF.jpg

[Sammy Sofa]

Wrigleyville bars are for dumb dildos anyway, so staaaaaaay away.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Coming to Chicago this weekend is likely out for me...however, let's say the series goes to game 6 back in Cleveland. What does everyone anticipate the atmosphere like around Wrigley and would it be worthwhile to make a trip to Chicago to see those out of town games with Cub fans?

 

Thoughts?

[Abe Frohman]

Travelling from Louisiana and will be there Thursday night. Will be one of thousands on the streets of Wrigleyville! It's happening, folks!

[Ding Dong Johnson]

be sure to bring a jacket

[Abe Frohman]

I plan on being nekkid.

[EricG]

I didn't get picked in the WS ticket lottery. My plan is to watch at home. I'll probably go to one of the first spring training games next year.

[TMan92]

Wanted to take a quick poll. Upper deck box way in the corner (436) or upper deck reserved in the infield unobstructed. Contemplating tickets for the game.

[ConstableRabbit]

Wanted to take a quick poll. Upper deck box way in the corner (436) or upper deck reserved in the infield unobstructed. Contemplating tickets for the game.

If UD reserved is in the first couple of rows, I'd go with that.

[SouthSideRyan]

After reading nearly 300,000 people stormed Wrigleyville for the NLCS game

 

The whole, "there were almost no arrests, so nothing really happened!" narrative is pretty hilarious; basically the cops just couldn't even get to most of the horsefeathers going down:

 

http://www.cwbchicago.com/2016/10/cubs-win-hampered-by-crowd-cops-only.html

 

i actually laughed out loud at this sequence of entries:

 

10:03PM — “I need every available officer and team to come up here. We need to gain control of Clark and Addison.”

 

10:03PM — “OK. Just so you know, we pretty much lost control of [sheffield and Waveland].”

 

10:05PM — “We lost Newport and Clark.”

 

10:07PM — It seems that the barricades have been compromised.

 

10:10PM — Dispatcher: "This says 'climbing the light poles and breaking the newsstands.' That’s all we got.”

 

i was down there and it didn't feel unsafe or out of control at all. the dummies were highly visible and easy to avoid

 

Did you wind up making it to a bar for the game?

[SouthSideRyan]

I think I have to

 

After spending the weekend in Jersey I have decided: EWR is such a bad airport. Makes ORD look like the Taj Mahal.

 

Ever been to LGA?