and build a ballpark that is actually enjoyable to go too?
2007-03-29 15:58:45 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
They never will because they have sold that dump to the public as a "Great" stadium to watch a game. Between the countless obstructed views there, and the pidgeons crapping on people, I say keep it. A minor league team plays there anyway.
2007-03-29 16:25:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I grew up with Harry Carey on WGN and have been a minor Cubs fan my entire life, (I'm from New York, go Yankees) but they will never win until they tear down the field. It is heresy to say that as a baseball fan, but when I went, there was that "party" atmosphere and the feeling that said, "hey, I am at Wrigley, oh yeah, there is a game too." The Cubs were blown out and no one cared. People go to Yankee Stadium, a stadium that has more history than any other stadium, to see the Yankees, they take the tour to gush about how sweet the stadium is. If the Cubs want to win, get a new stadium, if they want to still have one of the best baseball experiences, keep Wrigley.
2007-03-30 06:29:58 · answer #2 · answered by Rabbit 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's a business and Wrigley is full every day while US Cellular is usually about 1/2 full when the White Sox are in town. The market likes the old park and fills the seats. Isn't that what should drive the decision-making? They were talking about building a new stadium in Boston about 7 or 8 years ago, but people just love Fenway and fill it for every game. Why would an owner mess with success!
2007-03-30 04:18:17 · answer #3 · answered by mattapan26 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wrigley is quite possibly the worst stadium in baseball. I know it has been around forever, but that is just because the Tribune company is too cheap to tear it down and build something actually worth paying to go to. I mean if you are going to watch a pathetic joke of a franchise, at least be able to watch it in comfort. I live in Chicago and get free tickets to see the Cubs all the time, but I never go because the horrid stadium ruins even good games (which are rare with the cubs playing there). To top it all off, the food there is border line inedible. If you want to see how truly bad it is, take the overpriced tour and see how your old middle high locker room is twice as big and ten times as nice as the visitors closet... I mean locker room.
Everyday now I pray Mark Cuban will buy the Cubs and tear down that ivy infested trash heap. My best guess for when the stadium gets torn down is when either Mark Prior and Kerry Wood combine for 45 starts, the Cubs win the World Series, or hell freezes over.
2007-03-30 00:10:26 · answer #4 · answered by bestasports 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It will take a lot to actually tear it down because it is a local landmark in Chicago and therefore needs the approval of many people to alter it in any way. I believe that the Cubs may move some day, maybe in the now too distant future but Wrigley itself will stand for many years to come with the new protection it received.
2007-03-30 00:04:06 · answer #5 · answered by alrct75 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you want to tear down Wrigley, you don't appreciate baseball. I may be one of the few that does not like the "party" atmosphere in the bleachers, but I do love going to the ballpark. The stadium is simple and made for watching baseball. They haven't put in distractions for all the ADD kids that can't sit still for 3 hours. When I go, I sit in the upper deck and enjoy the game.
2007-03-29 23:46:25 · answer #6 · answered by Sports Fix Chicago 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hopefully never. Wrigley is one of the few pre-war stadiums still in use. It would sadden me for it to fall to the wrecking ball. I felt the same way about Tiger Stadium and Comiskey Park. These ballparks are a bridge to the history of the game, and to get rid of them, would be like tearing a page out of a history book.
2007-03-29 23:16:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wrigley is enjoyable to go to. It is the best park in baseball. It will be there when the Cubs win the World Series. They won't tear down Wrigley until there is no way out of it.
2007-03-30 07:09:49 · answer #8 · answered by GCHS FAN 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
They just remodeled it. They added new luxury boxes, a restaurant in center field and new bleachers out in right. Wrigley is baseball's Mecca. I just hope they don't add another "sponsor" or "corporate" name to it. I could not stand to hear it called ING Park, or Bank of America's Wrigley Field. It should just be Wrigley Field - all by itself - forever. Let's play ball!
2007-03-30 00:04:05 · answer #9 · answered by Mangy Coyote 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wrigley is going nowhere anytime soon.
The seats are fairly comfortable and that park seems made for watching baseball. It's the best setting to watch a baseball game anywhere.
2007-03-29 23:53:56 · answer #10 · answered by Dereky 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they ain't never gonna tear it down. it is the greatest ballpark in baseball. how many ball parks can you watch games in from on top off a roof across the street? that other dudes right. its made for watching baseball. not like that other teams ballpark in chicago. whats their name? the sux? oh i'm sorry, the sox.
2007-03-29 23:47:04 · answer #11 · answered by The Baseball King 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋