I feel like the Indians are a good comparison here. During the late 90s and the time Jacobs Field was built, they were a winning team and sold out every single game. That is just not true anymore, and thats considering they were a playoff team last year. The fan base was irrecoverably hurt. I realize we're the Cubs and everything is a bit different with us but man, your typical meatball fan is PISSED, and those meatball fans money spends just like ours does. The Chicago metro area has 7 million plus more people than Cleveland, and the ballpark is a destination for tourists. EDIT: Not super relevant to that point, but their sell out streak was a sham. Right. Wrigley will always be a destination. Whether that's bad or good I'm not so sure about anymore.