Wrigley Field might be renamed...

[OleMissCub]

:rant::rant::rant::rant::rant:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3266721

The chief executive officer of the Tribune Company said Wednesday he won't hesitate to sell the naming rights to Wrigley Field -- even if baseball purists don't like the idea.

During an interview on CNBC, Sam Zell said despite Wrigley Field being known worldwide, he didn't get a discount because he wasn't going to use the naming rights that the field represents.

Zell said he plans to sell the Cubs and Wrigley separately and in his own time frame. He also disclosed that Major League Baseball has approved "four or six" potential ownership groups and that any one of them would be fine.

*PUKE*

[Gary Dunaier]

How about...

...get ready for it...

SECOND CITI FIELD!!!!!

:eek:

Well, Chicago is the "second city..."

:dance

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

It is obvious that the guy needs a straight jacket. :crazy

When someone is saying this, it is clear that he doesn't care about the sport or it's history.:grouchy

[rockin500]

It is obvious that the guy needs a straight jacket. :crazy

When someone is saying this, it is clear that he doesn't care about the sport or it's history.:grouchy
and doesnt really understand business all that well. you would think a billionaire would. but apparently not. is the money made in the sale going to offset the negative publicity that would come from it?

[Old Sweater]

It is obvious that the guy needs a straight jacket. :crazy

When someone is saying this, it is clear that he doesn't care about the sport or it's history.:grouchy


I agree$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[StanTheMan]

I'd name it "Double Haley's Comet Field"

as The Comet has passed the Earth twice since the Cubs last won the World Series.

[Knick9]

It will be one of the biggest screw-ups and flops in sports history if Wrigley Field is renamed. Mark my words. No sense of loyalty these days when corporate sponsors and big shot owners always want to have it their way. Anyone who thinks this is a good idea needs to get out alot more often.

:rant:

[StanTheMan]

It will be one of the biggest screw-ups and flops in sports history if Wrigley Field is renamed. Mark my words. No sense of loyalty these days when corporate sponsors and big shot owners always want to have it their way. Anyone who thinks this is a good idea needs to get out alot more often.

:rant:

Yeah, right on. Maybe they should name the stadium after a wealthy gum manufacturing family instead.

[OleMissCub]

Yeah, right on. Maybe they should name the stadium after a wealthy gum manufacturing family instead.

Maybe they should rename y'alls stadium since it seems to be having a subliminal effect on the employees of your organization.

[willisraverchk77]

"Welcome to the friendly confines of Alltel Wireless Field."

:hp

[Erik Bedard]

Yeah, right on. Maybe they should name the stadium after a wealthy gum manufacturing family instead.

I was just about to say, isn't it already corporately named?

[willisraverchk77]

I was just about to say, isn't it already corporately named?

at least it was named wrigley field in part because the team and stadium was bought by mr. wrigley. not quite the same as just selling the name to the highest bidder.

[OleMissCub]

I was just about to say, isn't it already corporately named?

Whether or not it was originally named after a corporation is irrelevant to the discussion because the point isn't so much that they are wanting to corporately rename it, it's the fact that they are wanting to rename it PERIOD.

[Erik Bedard]

Call me an anti-traditionalist, but I don't see how Wrigley Field at Under Armour Place is that much worse than just plain Wrigley Field.

And it's not like it was originally Wrigley Field.

[OleMissCub]

Call me an anti-traditionalist, but I don't see how Wrigley Field at Under Armour Place is that much worse than just plain Wrigley Field.

And it's not like it was originally Wrigley Field.

The Beatles weren't originally known as "the Beatles" either.

[icee82]

What about Sears Field? I really like that. NOT!

[rockin500]

Call me an anti-traditionalist, but I don't see how Wrigley Field at Under Armour Place is that much worse than just plain Wrigley Field.

And it's not like it was originally Wrigley Field.
you're an antitraditionalist.

Weegham Park was the name of it when it first started true. But Wrigley was THE OWNER OF THE TEAM WHEN IT WAS RENAMED AS SUCH. theres a world of difference between one and what Zell the idiot will call it.

Besides, what is he going to do? change the outside sign? The one that is landmarked? You think the city or the neighborhood would sign off on that? Doubtful.

[Hack_Miller]

Maybe they should rename y'alls stadium since it seems to be having a subliminal effect on the employees of your organization.


:rofl:
Busch Stadium and alcohol related incidents....Ouch...!

Would be nice to see a corporation buy the naming rights and just keep it Wrigley Field as a goodwill gesture but it probably won't happen.

[Knick9]

Call me an anti-traditionalist, but I don't see how Wrigley Field at Under Armour Place is that much worse than just plain Wrigley Field.

And it's not like it was originally Wrigley Field.

I will gladly call you an anti-traditionalist. :nod:

"Welcome to the friendly confines of Nextel Stadium" just isn't what I'm looking for. Period. Sorry, I can't get used to it, and I never will. It's an abomination. People have gotten so used to this process that it is getting absolutely sickening. There's nothing about a place that makes it more valuable if you call it by a corporate sponsor name. Will people even bother to buy the product of that sponsor? No, alot of them won't.

So much for originality of giving a ballpark a respectable name. In return for selling the rights to the name of the field, you give up the right to give it a proper name. Nothing. Zilch. Nada. Owners don't care what it's called, as long as it gives them more money, they're fine with it. Don't you just love these owners being so hypocritical? :rolleyes:

And don't you just love how people just run with it and move on like it's no big deal at all? :crazy

[bluezebra]

Call me an anti-traditionalist, but I don't see how Wrigley Field at Under Armour Place is that much worse than just plain Wrigley Field.

And it's not like it was originally Wrigley Field.

The original name was North Side Ball Park (1914); Weeghman Park (1914-15); Whales Park (1915). The stadium was built for the Chicago Federals, the Federal League team. Then the team was remamed the Whales.

The Federal League folded after only two years, so Weeghman, leading a ten man syndicate which included chewing gum magnate Willam Wrigley, Jr., purchased the Cubs of the National League. The team was moved from West Side Grounds to what was then known as Weeghman Park. When the league folded, Weegham purchased the Cubs, and changed the stadium name to Cubs’ Park (1916-26). In 1918, Wrigley took over Weeghman's share of the team and by 1919 had bought out the shares of the other members of the syndicate. The name of the stadium was changed to Cubs Park in time for opening day, 1920. It was renamed Wrigley Field in his honor in 1926.

I saw my first game at Wrigley in 1936, the season before the bleachers and ivy were added.

Bob

[locke40]

Would be nice to see a corporation buy the naming rights and just keep it Wrigley Field as a goodwill gesture but it probably won't happen.

I agree. They would be hailed as saviors, and would generate much more goodwill publicly than changing the name.

[Sweet Lou]

I saw my first game at Wrigley in 1936, the season before the bleachers and ivy were added.

Bob
Wow! That is so cool! When were you last at Wrigley? Maybe you should come on up this way and take in a game this year. It's always a good year to go to Wrigley, but hopefully this year is a REALLY good year...

[Honus Wagner Rules]

The original name was North Side Ball Park (1914); Weeghman Park (1914-15); Whales Park (1915). The stadium was built for the Chicago Federals, the Federal League team. Then the team was remamed the Whales.

The Federal League folded after only two years, so Weeghman, leading a ten man syndicate which included chewing gum magnate Willam Wrigley, Jr., purchased the Cubs of the National League. The team was moved from West Side Grounds to what was then known as Weeghman Park. When the league folded, Weegham purchased the Cubs, and changed the stadium name to Cubs’ Park (1916-26). In 1918, Wrigley took over Weeghman's share of the team and by 1919 had bought out the shares of the other members of the syndicate. The name of the stadium was changed to Cubs Park in time for opening day, 1920. It was renamed Wrigley Field in his honor in 1926.

I saw my first game at Wrigley in 1936, the season before the bleachers and ivy were added.

Bob

Bob!

You rock! :bowdown: Can you share some good memoeries from the 1930s? The '36 Cubs were the defending National League champs right? I hope I will be enjoying baseball at 75 in 2043!

[OleMissCub]

I saw my first game at Wrigley in 1936, the season before the bleachers and ivy were added.

Bob

HOLY COW!

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[Mattingly]

I've heard they're changing the uniforms also:

http://www.founditemclothing.com/t-shirts/gfx/chicos-bail-bonds-shirt.jpg :D ;) :p

Don't these corporate sponsors donate something like $20m/yr to offset costs? This could also be a sign that not only is tradition going by the wayside, but that teams, even one as historic as the Cubs, may not be making as much money as expected.

Should we just pass the coffee cup and donate some $ to the North Siders.

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[Wade8813]

I wonder how much people's reaction would change if he was planning to rename Wrigley, but without any corporate involvement?

For me, the issue is that it's being renamed, not that a corporation is involved (although some corporation names don't work as well as others - Safeco Field is better than Minute Maid Park, IMO). And while it's disappointing that Wrigley might be renamed, it's not the end of the world to me. If Wrigley had become run down, and they decided to build a new stadium, it would quite possibly had a different name.

[Mattingly]

I wonder how much people's reaction would change if he was planning to rename Wrigley, but without any corporate involvement?

For me, the issue is that it's being renamed, not that a corporation is involved (although some corporation names don't work as well as others - Safeco Field is better than Minute Maid Park, IMO). And while it's disappointing that Wrigley might be renamed, it's not the end of the world to me. If Wrigley had become run down, and they decided to build a new stadium, it would quite possibly had a different name.
The 2009 version of Yankee Stadium, which I'll call "Yankee Stadium III" will be called ... (drumroll, please) ... Yankee Stadium.

Certain things should never be renamed. It's bad enough they're going to tear down Ruth's House after having gutted it before, but now they're also going to relocate it. Enough about the Yanks.

If they want a non-corporate name, either name it after a person, call it Cubs Stadium or something. Shea was named after William A. Shea, who'd led some committee to find a new NL team after the Brooklyn Dodgers and NY Giants went some 2,900 miles west. Couldn't a similar person be found for the Cubs?

If the tennis US Open can be played in Arthur Ashe Stadium (formerly Louis Armstrong Stadium), which is across the street from Shea in Flushing, Queens, then I say that a Harry Caray Stadium wouldn't be such a bad idea.

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Just think, they can have "Coke Bottle Eyeglasses Night" once a month and it would be a wild sellout of fun, hot dogs, pretzels, soda and baseball! :D

[nl1899fan]

Yeah, baseball's hurting for money these days. It's all about money.
One day we'll see the players wearing ads for their favorite products because they too are starving.

At one time I knew the name of every team's ballpark. Now I'd be lucky to name one third of them.

[Old Sweater]

Samuel "Sam" Zell (born September 1941) is a U.S.-born billionaire and real estate entrepreneur.


That should explain a lot right there. Many but not all baseball turn more traditionalists as they get older. This guy is 67 and more of a business man then a fan and traditionalist.

[Knick9]

Yeah, baseball's hurting for money these days. It's all about money.
One day we'll see the players wearing ads for their favorite products because they too are starving.

At one time I knew the name of every team's ballpark. Now I'd be lucky to name one third of them.

You can still call it Wrigley Field. There's no rule that says you have to call it "Whatever Corporate Name Field." Giants fans don't call their ballpark AT&T Park either, as far as I know. I heard that they call it "Mays Field" for Willie Mays.

This also brings up something I haven't seen lately. I'm going to propose something to all MLB fans. For those of you whose ballparks are named after corporate sponsors, why don't you have a get-together with other fans and discuss what proper name your ballpark should be given? So, once a proper name has been chosen, you could from then on call the ballpark by that name. :atthepc

[Old Sweater]

You can still call it Wrigley Field. There's no rule that says you have to call it "Whatever Corporate Name Field." Giants fans don't call their ballpark AT&T Park either, as far as I know. I heard that they call it "Mays Field" for Willie Mays.

This also brings up something I haven't seen lately. I'm going to propose something to all MLB fans. For those of you whose ballparks are named after corporate sponsors, why don't you have a get-together with other fans and discuss what proper name your ballpark should be given? So, once a proper name has been chosen, you could from then on call the ballpark by that name. :atthepc

Some Giant fans refer to it as May Field but it is just a petition in the making.



Sept 5th 2007

Maysfield Website Seeks Steward!
So here's the deal regarding the Mays Field website.

We set it up a couple of years ago as part of our quixotic effort to spread the Mays Field meme. The idea was always one part consciousness raising, one part goofing around and one part, who knows, getting someone in power somewhere to see how much BETTER it would be to name the park after a human.

The Mays Field campaign has gotten a fair amount of press and circulated a pretty popular petition and I'm always surprised how people I encounter sometimes up and say, "Mays Field" as if it's the natural name of park. At the same time, no one's really had the time to actively push this along and the offical name is still what it is.

[Brad Chadford]

And now please rise and join Steve Jobs co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Apple Inc, for the 7th inning stretch and the singing of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" - brought to you by Home Depot:

"OK Castrol GTX Stadium - are you ready?
1, 2, 3...

Take me out to the ball game (MLB games sponsored by Snickers),
Take me out with the crowd.
Buy me some Planters Peanuts and Frito Lays Cracker Jacks,
I don't care if I never get back,
Lets root, root, root for the Cubbies (Chicago Cubs brought to you by Nintendo),
If they don't win it's a shame.
For it's one, two, three strikes (Strikes brought to you by Ford - for each strike of the game Ford will donate $100 to Boy Scouts of America), you're out (Outs brought to you by Anheuser Busch),
At the old ball game (MLB games sponsered by Snickers)."

[Knick9]

And now please rise and join Steve Jobs co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Apple Inc, for the 7th inning stretch and the singing of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" - brought to you by Home Depot:

"OK Castrol GTX Stadium - are you ready?
1, 2, 3...

Take me out to the ball game (MLB games sponsored by Snickers),
Take me out with the crowd.
Buy me some Planters Peanuts and Frito Lays Cracker Jacks,
I don't care if I never get back,
Lets root, root, root for the Cubbies (Chicago Cubs brought to you by Nintendo),
If they don't win it's a shame.
For it's one, two, three strikes (Strikes brought to you by Ford - for each strike of the game Ford will donate $100 to Boy Scouts of America), you're out (Outs brought to you by Anheuser Busch),
At the old ball game (MLB games sponsered by Snickers)."

I will throw up if that ever happens... :eek: :disbelief: :faint:

[StanTheMan]

The financial structure of baseball has changed dramitically... you can either get on the bus or be left at the station. Your choice.

There are no more "traditionalists" among us... at least not very many (;ess than 5% of the people on here, imo). If you were not alive when baseball had just a NL and an AL without divisions, no DH, or day World Series Games, then you look pretty foolish claiming "tradition" should keep any stadium naming rights off the books, imo.

Wrigley Field is already corporately named.... if they want to change it, go ahead. What's the problem?

[Old Sweater]

The financial structure of baseball has changed dramitically... you can either get on the bus or be left at the station. Your choice.

There are no more "traditionalists" among us... at least not very many (;ess than 5% of the people on here, imo). If you were not alive when baseball had just a NL and an AL without divisions, no DH, or day World Series Games, then you look pretty foolish claiming "tradition" should keep any stadium naming rights off the books, imo.

Wrigley Field is already corporately named.... if they want to change it, go ahead. What's the problem?


That's not true here in Denver, they done a poll of the fans on which name they wanted for the new football stadium and the clear winner by the fans polled was "Mile High" we still wound up with "Invesco Field at Mile High." If only 5% of fans weren't traditionalist's we would have wound up with "Invesco Field."

Many more fans of baseball remain traditionalists then 5% for sure. If it was just 5% not so many posters would be complaining in this thread. You also don't have to be old to be a traditionalist, you can be a traditionalist of your time or your personal preferences. There is no cast in stone standard set for a traditionalist. Tradition changes with the time.

[Wade8813]

Not necessarily. You don't have to be a traditionalist to think that Invesco sounds dumb...

[rockin500]

Wrigley Field is already corporately named.... if they want to change it, go ahead. What's the problem?

it was named for the OWNER of the team when it was named such. i guess that thought just slipped your mind? :think:

[OleMissCub]

Wrigley Field is already corporately named.... if they want to change it, go ahead. What's the problem?


Spoken like a true fan of a team that has had nothing but unexceptional parks in the last 60 years.

[Knick9]

Wrigley Field is already corporately named.... if they want to change it, go ahead. What's the problem?

:rofl:

What's the problem? Are you kidding me? Did you know that the ballpark was named after the one and only William Wrigley, and not after the Wrigley Gum company? People only assume that the ballpark is named after the Gum company, but that isn't true.

Oh, and do you have to be 80 years old to be considered a traditionalist? I don't think such a rule exists, Stan. Being a traditionalist is having a simple and certain point of view, and personal preferences.

So throw mumerous decades of tradition out the window for more money. That's just brilliant. I bet renaming Fenway, Dodger and Angel Stadium would go over real well, won't it? Sam Zell is trailor park trash for trying this. He is almost like Art Modell, except the only thing Sam wouldn't do would be to move the Cubs. I think I heard a cha-ching just now...

[nl1899fan]

Considering all of the new stadiums have been built with a lot of tax money maybe they should all be called Taxpayer Field in (name the city). This would solve the naming problem:)

I think it's pretty crazy to rename the old parks. What was wrong with the White Sox playing in a park named after their founder? It made sense. Nowadays some people probably think an orange juice company founded the Astros if they go by their stadium's name (it's still called Minute Maid Park, right?):eek:

[rockin500]

Considering all of the new stadiums have been built with a lot of tax money maybe they should all be called Taxpayer Field in (name the city). This would solve the naming problem:)

I think it's pretty crazy to rename the old parks. What was wrong with the White Sox playing in a park named after their founder? It made sense. Nowadays some people probably think an orange juice company founded the Astros if they go by their stadium's name (it's still called Minute Maid Park, right?):eek:

i thought it should remain comiskey park. and i still generally call it as such.

[NJMetfan4life]

Yeah, right on. Maybe they should name the stadium after a wealthy gum manufacturing family instead.

Stride Stadium!!!! The name will last six hours, as long as the gum.(It really does keep its flavor that long)

[Gary Dunaier]

Nowadays some people probably think an orange juice company founded the Astros if they go by their stadium's name (it's still called Minute Maid Park, right?):eek:

At the rate things are going, future generations might have it the other way around: being accustomed to corporately named stadia, they'll wonder what kind of a business "Shea" was...

[Mattingly]

And now please rise and join Steve Jobs co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Apple Inc, for the 7th inning stretch and the singing of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" - brought to you by Home Depot:

"OK Castrol GTX Stadium - are you ready?
1, 2, 3...

Take me out to the ball game (MLB games sponsored by Snickers),
Take me out with the crowd.
Buy me some Planters Peanuts and Frito Lays Cracker Jacks,
I don't care if I never get back,
Lets root, root, root for the Cubbies (Chicago Cubs brought to you by Nintendo),
If they don't win it's a shame.
For it's one, two, three strikes (Strikes brought to you by Ford - for each strike of the game Ford will donate $100 to Boy Scouts of America), you're out (Outs brought to you by Anheuser Busch),
At the old ball game (MLB games sponsered by Snickers)."
Very imaginative post! However, I'll hang 'em up as a baseball fan if that ever happens.

Let the countless decals be kept with Richard Petty #43 and his old NASCAR crew.

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[bob]

Its just a name. saying changing it would be the worst decision in baseball history is a bit OTT. Sure its been wrigleys for a very long time, but when i support a team in any sport, i support THE TEAM, not the stadium, or name of the stadium.

[PJ-34]

what the hell is happening to Baseball? the world is coming to an end I know that now. New Yankees Stadium, advertisments at Wrigley and now the name might be changed? damn, all that's left now is for the Sox to get a new stadium then baseball is done.

[brewcrew82]

Its just a name. saying changing it would be the worst decision in baseball history is a bit OTT. Sure its been wrigleys for a very long time, but when i support a team in any sport, i support THE TEAM, not the stadium, or name of the stadium.

I agree with you 100%. We as baseball fans seem so focused on traditiona and so quick to point to the most minute details and claim it ruins the enjoyment of the game.
To me, the name of the stadium means nothing. What really matters is what happens inside of it. I could understand the hostility if the teams had corporate names like they do in Japan, but for a stadium name?

[Erik Bedard]

To say that the name of the stadium is so important that it should never be changed is, in my opinion, the most shallow form of traditionalism out there. Now, the ballpark being torn down I can understand. The team's name being changed I can understand. The team's uniforms, even, I can understand. But the name of the stadium is entirely superfluous.

[bluezebra]

Wow! That is so cool! When were you last at Wrigley? Maybe you should come on up this way and take in a game this year. It's always a good year to go to Wrigley, but hopefully this year is a REALLY good year...

I last saw a game at Wrigley in the late 60s, when I flew back to Chicago for a cousin's wedding. I knew the Assistant Sports Editor of (I believe the name was) The Chicago Daily News. He set up tickets for my Dad and me. He also was going to get World Series tickets for my Dad and me in 1969, but you know what happened then.

I was born a Cubs fan. My Dad tried out for the team in 1915, at the old West Side Ballpark. He took me to a game in 1936, to see Dizzy Dean pitch for the St. Louis Cardinals. Unfortunately, I was only four, and can't remember the game.

I used to sit in the bleachers, even when I got in on a pass, and could sit in the box seats. I'd love to take in a game at Wrigley again, but my health and financial status negates that. I'll just keep watching on TV.

Bob

[Sweet Lou]

I'd love to take in a game at Wrigley again, but my health and financial status negates that. I'll just keep watching on TV.

Bob
Well, if that all changes, get up here and we'll go together, my treat, although I can't guarantee very good seats, but hey, what a great time that would be.
-Eric

[bluezebra]

Well, if that all changes, get up here and we'll go together, my treat, although I can't guarantee very good seats, but hey, what a great time that would be.
-Eric

With today's prices, you'd have to take out a second mortgage to afford two tickets. ALL seats are GOOD at Wrigley Field.

Bob

[efin98]

it was named for the OWNER of the team when it was named such. i guess that thought just slipped your mind? :think:

I doubt it was renamed just to honor him, I am a firm believer that it was also a quick and cheap way of advertising his company more.

[Old Sweater]

Even if the name of the stadium is changed, the famous Wrigley Field Marquee will have to stay the same.[3] The marquee is protected by the Chicago city council, and declared a local landmark


Good ol'City Council!!!

[efin98]

Good ol'City Council!!!

There are ways around that

[Old Sweater]

There are ways around that


Not a easy one when it comes to historic landmarks.

If Sam Zell Is So Rich, How Come He's Not Smart?


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Mar 3, 3:56 AM (ET)

By JIM LITKE
Vida Blue was ahead of his time, or else hopelessly behind, depending on your view of the naming-rights debate currently swirling around Wrigley Field.

The promising young left-hander was just starting to make his mark in Oakland in 1971 when then-A's owner Charlie O. Finley called Blue into his office and offered him $2,000 to change his first name to "True."

Blue, who was making all of $13,000 at the time, considered it for a moment. Vida, which means to "life" in Spanish, was his father's name and the son felt he was honoring the old man every time it turned up in a newspaper. You can't buy that kind of integrity.

"If you like the name so much," Blue said finally, "why don't you call yourself True O. Finley?"

It marked perhaps the first, and certainly one of the few times since, that someone in sports turned down cold cash rather than change a name. Chicago mayor Richard Daley declared in December 2001 - just months after the tragic events of Sept. 11 - that a renovated Soldier Field would never be called anything else. Just last week, Yankees president Randy Levine vowed the same.



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[stejay]

This is disgusting and disgraceful. This makes my blood boil. I know it was named after a corperation, but this is terrible. Could you imagine the Cubs playing at the Coca Cola Field, or Pepsi Field? Or even worse........Wong Lop Kong field!

[Erik Bedard]

It won't be renamed like that. It'll probably be something like "Wrigley Field at Under Armour Stadium".

[Anderson]

I hate the Cubs, for no good reason, but I am really against the renaming of Wrigley Field. You'd think that crappy gum company could come up with 40 million to keep the name. Might as well tear it down, put up low income housing and build a dome 50 miles out of the city and name it Schaumburg field.

[SamtheBravesFan]

I hate the Cubs, for no good reason, but I am really against the renaming of Wrigley Field. You'd think that crappy gum company could come up with 40 million to keep the name. Might as well tear it down, put up low income housing and build a dome 50 miles out of the city and name it Schaumburg field.

Um... no. :yawn:

[OleMissCub]

With today's prices, you'd have to take out a second mortgage to afford two tickets.

I actually got 2 tickets for a Mets game in April that is 4th row directly behind home plate for 70$ a piece....but I got those from the actual Cubs ticket office. Lord knows how much scalpers would want for those seats.


ALL seats are GOOD at Wrigley Field.

Bob

Agree with the sentiment but disagree in fact. There's a ton of obstructed view seats there.

[Old Sweater]

Wrigley: No Decision Made on Whether to Bid for Wrigley Field Naming Rights


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Mar 12, 12:39 PM (ET)

CHICAGO (AP) - The chairman of Chicago-based Wrigley says the gum maker hasn't decided whether to make a bid for the naming rights of Wrigley Field if they become available.
The historic ballpark got its name while owned by the Wrigley family, which sold the Cubs decades ago.

Bill Wrigley Junior is chairman of the confectioner. During a morning shareholder meeting, he said his family has "great passion" for the Cubs and baseball.

But Wrigley says the company promotes its individual brands, not the Wrigley name. And he says Wrigley would "evaluate it like we would any other opportunity" if naming rights become available.

Tribune Company is selling the team, and chairman Sam Zell says he'd consider selling the stadium's naming rights.


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Hope that the Wrigley Gum company shells out the cash.

[Honus Wagner Rules]

Hope that the Wrigley Gum company shells out the cash.

You support corporate naming? Who are you and what have you done with the real Old Sweater? The real Old Sweater would never support corporate naming of a historic ballpark.

[sturg1dj]

I wish I had a couple hundred million dollars; this sounds like a sound investment!

[Old Sweater]

You support corporate naming? Who are you and what have you done with the real Old Sweater? The real Old Sweater would never support corporate naming of a historic ballpark.

When it's the same historic name I will. Now if they dicide to name it "Juicy Fruit Field" I'll turn 180 on the matter.

[sturg1dj]

too bad there is not a rule that it gets named after whomever pays the largest percent of the building of it. Then most stadiums built would be named after cities, and maybe eventually owners would fork over the money to get their names on it.

[sturg1dj]

With today's prices, you'd have to take out a second mortgage to afford two tickets. ALL seats are GOOD at Wrigley Field.

Bob

i guess I can see this argument for someone who

1) goes to many games since he may live near park or

2) has been paying for games for a long time and by comparison the tickets are crazy expensive

but for me, I have been buying my own tickets to sporting events for about 5 years now and baseball tickets are easily the most affordable.