What Changes Do You Want To Do To Wrigley?

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What Changes Do You Want To Wrigley?

what would you upgrade? Would you choose to leave as is? Is there anything that you would want change?
 

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Bathrooms when I went there were bad. lol

Id be ok with a little more upgraded scoreboard as well..but not too much, keep the old look

More advertisements along walls behind home plate and down the lines...
 

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My list is more what i would tolerate more than what i want
 

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seriously?
 
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I'm not really a Cubs fan (nor a White Sox fan)...Not all that into baseball...but I have been to Wrigley several times and in reality..I'd just get a new park. I know I cant speak much because I'm not really a fan...but they could use a modern facility..Just incorporate many things of old Wrigley into the new park.
 

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You can't replace the atmosphere though. That's what makes Wrigley, Wrigley.

Fact is, we aren't getting a new park, so get over it.
 
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They are gonna remodel Wrigley in 2014, but they really need better bathrooms.
 

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Remodeling Wrigley can only do so much though. The proposed separate structure that will house a few shops and restaurants could be cool, but teams have been doing that kind of stuff since the SkyDome opened in 1995, and most (if not all) of those things are located within view of the action on the field, not in an adjacent structure.

What Ricketts really needs to do to bring the stadium's revenue on-par with the rest of the league are things he simply cannot do, or would at the very least have significant trouble doing. They had to jump through hoops with city zoning committees to put up that simple Toyota sign for this season, and they simply can't add private boxes/suites to the level that other "mallparks" currently have without completely re-structuring the stadium. And the scoreboard? Forget about it. I can only imagine the cries from meatball Cubs fans should the team openly discuss going modern. That stays untouched until Ricketts sacks up, gives the City the finger and builds the team a real stadium somewhere else.
 

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How much remodeling are they doing in 2014?
 

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**** the whole "Wrigley Field Experience," the place is a dump. It has never housed a World Series Winning team in its 96 years of existence. The place is just an old dilapidated shit hole that reminds us how long the Cubs have sucked. Also man free agents won't play for the cubs because their facilities are so dated.
 

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It housed the Federal League champion in 1915, the Whales. They challenged the AL and NL champions but they refused to play them.
 

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Jntg4 said:
It housed the Federal League champion in 1915, the Whales. They challenged the AL and NL champions but they refused to play them.
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Like I said it is a stadium that reminds us that Cubs have been failures for the last 100 years...

What is so special about sitting in an out of date park that has awful facilities that has no winning history behind it? There have been more pro Football and Soccer titles won by teams that played there in its entire history. Pretty pathetic for a "Baseball Stadium."
 
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Guess let me pose this question. Would you rather keep Wrigley Field or win a World Series?

Any Cub fan I ask that to in person..has always said Wrigley Field. My response is always...and thats why your team hasnt won in over 100 years, you care more about a structure than winning a title.
 

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It's possibly to win in Wrigley. The Stadium isn't cursed, and with renovations, it'll be fine.

The Cubs just never have really had a team that has Power (for when the wind's blowing out) and Speed/Contact (for when the wind's blowing in).
 

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Jntg4 said:
It's possibly to win in Wrigley. The Stadium isn't cursed, and with renovations, it'll be fine.
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Curses do not exist... the revenue a new stadium would bring would make the team more competitive, don't know how much that would help considering you guys have the highest payroll in the NL and well you know... your team is horrible.


Also a new stadium would keep certain free agents from not signing with the Cubs because of poor facilities.
 

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Unless it was possible to get rid of the giant noodle outside Wrigley, I'd keep it the way it is. At first I hated the Toyota sign, but, for lack of a better phrase, it's grown on me. As far as renovations are concerned, moving the bullpens wouldn't hurt, although I have no idea where they'd go. In all honesty, I'd be more okay with Wrigley putting ads up as long as the ivy and scoreboard aren't touched. Those are the characteristics that make Wrigley, Wrigley.
 
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EnjoyYourTiger said:
Unless it was possible to get rid of the giant noodle outside Wrigley, I'd keep it the way it is. At first I hated the Toyota sign, but, for lack of a better phrase, it's grown on me. As far as renovations are concerned, moving the bullpens wouldn't hurt, although I have no idea where they'd go. In all honesty, I'd be more okay with Wrigley putting ads up as long as the ivy and scoreboard aren't touched. Those are the characteristics that make Wrigley, Wrigley.
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I finally saw that in person on Wednesday..

that noodle is just terrible.
 
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Livewire said:
**** the whole "Wrigley Field Experience," the place is a dump. It has never housed a World Series Winning team in its 96 years of existence. The place is just an old dilapidated shit hole that reminds us how long the Cubs have sucked. Also man free agents won't play for the cubs because their facilities are so dated.
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Livewire said:
Like I said it is a stadium that reminds us that Cubs have been failures for the last 100 years...

What is so special about sitting in an out of date park that has awful facilities that has no winning history behind it? There have been more pro Football and Soccer titles won by teams that played there in its entire history. Pretty pathetic for a "Baseball Stadium."
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Livewire said:
Curses do not exist... the revenue a new stadium would bring would make the team more competitive, don't know how much that would help considering you guys have the highest payroll in the NL and well you know... your team is horrible.


Also a new stadium would keep certain free agents from not signing with the Cubs because of poor facilities.
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If you're going to be a jackass. GTFO and go back to the Sox forum.
 
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