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In response to "ah. there it is. Cubs threaten to move out of Wrigley Field if they can't get their way. -- (link)" by spamlet

it is really a shame, but they are handcuffed to that park, and the rooftop owners are killing them. nm -- nm

Posted by groiny (aka groiny) May 28 '14, 07:54

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If they leave Wrigley they're just a crappy team that hasn't won in 107 years. - spamlet May 28, 08:05 7
- ideally, they can make the renovations they need, but they are basically being forced to concede to local businesses. - groiny May 28, 08:07 2
  - No one wants to go the hood is the simple explanation. - spamlet May 28, 08:10 1
    - it really is not the hood anymore though. nm -- nm - groiny May 28, 08:12
- They are that, either way. -- nm - Spawn Lord May 28, 08:06 3
  - A lot of people go to games to go to Wrigley. It's a mostly true joke that most people at Wrigley are completely unaware there's a baseball game. -- nm - spamlet May 28, 08:10 2
    - right, it is a day long drunkenfest for an overwhelming % of the fans at a game. nm -- nm - groiny May 28, 08:12 1
      - It will be awesome when the Cubs leave and Wrigley continues to sell a huge amount of tickets to them. -- nm - Spawn Lord May 28, 08:13
Did i miss something? Are the Cubs suddenly not insanely expensive and profitable? -- nm - ty97 May 28, 07:56 9
- I, for one, would love to see them pick up and move to Rosemont. - groiny May 28, 08:00 5
  - Wrigley, does need an update. It's a historic park, but VERY out of date, in certain aspects -- nm - Flavorize May 28, 08:01 4
    - It felt exactly like Fenway prior to all the updates done by the Henry Ownership group. - Mel Profit May 28, 08:08
    - it is a terrible ballpark to actually get to. and no parking revenues for the team. - groiny May 28, 08:02 2
      - The bathrooms alone...I've seen bus stations and gas stations with better facilities -- nm - Flavorize May 28, 08:08 1
        
        well, they had chunks of roof falling on fans. nm -- nm - groiny May 28, 08:09
- they are not selling out every game anymore, and the management is trying to build a more solid - groiny May 28, 07:59 2
  - To the IM: they should try winning -- nm - ty97 May 28, 08:00 1
    - well, that is a part of the problem, they were hanstrung for years with bad contracts. - groiny May 28, 08:01
Then they shouldn't have signed those contracts with them. -- nm - mara May 28, 07:56 1
- right, but that was previous ownership, and they new management is really trying. nm -- nm - groiny May 28, 07:58

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