The Rosemont Cubs?

[Bob Cook]

Parking at Comiskey is expensive, and kind of a pain, but the neighborhood is accessible, and doesn't scare me in the least.

And, you can take the train.

I come from the far NW side when I'm in town and it never takes more than 20 minutes to drive there.

It's an advantage to come from the north. I'll take Pulaski or Kedzie north to the Stevenson, and then head back south on the Dan Ryan, because the line on the Sox exit is much shorter that way.

 

[YankeeFan]

Parking at Comiskey is expensive, and kind of a pain, but the neighborhood is accessible, and doesn't scare me in the least.

And, you can take the train.

I come from the far NW side when I'm in town and it never takes more than 20 minutes to drive there.

It's just the last couple of blocks that are a pain.

 

[Bob Cook]

Parking at Comiskey is expensive, and kind of a pain, but the neighborhood is accessible, and doesn't scare me in the least.

And, you can take the train.

I come from the far NW side when I'm in town and it never takes more than 20 minutes to drive there.

It's just the last couple of blocks that are a pain.

You can always do what I've done for Cubs games -- if you're driving, park at an edge-of-the-Loop parking garage or lot, and take the train the rest of the way.

 

[Johnny Chase]

I wonder if there would be some way to give Wrigley a major overhaul so you can preserve the history and still make it more modern.

The only real example I can think of is what they did at Lambeau a decade or so ago...

I guess the Yankee Stadium renovation back in the 1970s is sort of the same.

What would be interesting is if the Cubs renovated Wrigley and had to play on the south side for a year.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

One thing I didn't see in the editorial is where is Rosemont getting the 25 acres from? Is it public land or private?

Maybe it's just the cynic in me, but why do I have the feeling either Rosemont is offering to give away public land for free, or close to it, or will try to use the eminient domain option to strong-arm property owners into giving up their land.

 

[Songbird]

Like they did at Chavez Ravine to make way for the Dodgers.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

They also used eminent domain in Texas too to build The Ballpark. One of the guys who benefited from it, and not to get too political, is a guy who I'm a frequent critic of on here:

http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/vol16/issue42/pols.bushstadium.html

 

[Bubbler]

You can park up in Rogers Park for $5 and take the Red Line to either Wrigley or Comiskey. Parking isn't really that big of a problem (though it will be this year when they tear the south side Red Line up).

I went to my first Sox game last year. I think a big part of the problem with attendance is how corporate and sterile the ballpark is. It is has also has the odd segregated seating where if you're in the upper deck there's no access to the lower deck, etc.

 

[YGBFKM]

If you sit in the upper deck at Comiskey — and there's no reason to as you can always get lower-level tickets — you deserve to be sequestered and kept away from the rest of the visitors.

 

[Bubbler]

If you sit in the upper deck at Comiskey — and there's no reason to as you can always get lower-level tickets — you deserve to be sequestered and kept away from the rest of the visitors.

They're not that cheap ... not if you're taking kids.

 

[HanSenSE]

I never understoof why the Cubs couldn't just buy the houses which line the outfield and use those for VIP suites and to place a scoreboard on.

This. One could also close off the street in back of the park and expand bleacher seating, for starters.

 

[Bob Cook]

One thing I didn't see in the editorial is where is Rosemont getting the 25 acres from? Is it public land or private?

Maybe it's just the cynic in me, but why do I have the feeling either Rosemont is offering to give away public land for free, or close to it, or will try to use the eminient domain option to strong-arm property owners into giving up their land.

Given the nature of Rosemont, whether the land is technically public or private, the Stephens family (mayoral dynasty) likely has control of the land. If the Stephens family says it has land available for the Cubs, then it does.