{"id":3757,"date":"2013-04-17T08:28:13","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T14:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=3757"},"modified":"2013-04-16T19:02:08","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T01:02:08","slug":"a-wrigley-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/a-wrigley-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"A Wrigley Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/chi-cubswrigley26-20130119.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3298\" alt=\"CTH Proposed renovations to Wrigley Field\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/chi-cubswrigley26-20130119.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/chi-cubswrigley26-20130119.jpg 640w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/chi-cubswrigley26-20130119-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>After months (years?) of waiting, the Cubs have reached a deal with the city of Chicago for the renovation of Wrigley Field. \u00a0in addition to the\u00a0better player facilities and fan amenities announced in January, the Cubs also got approval for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 12.796875px;\">A 6,000 square foot video screen in left field<\/span><\/li>\n<li>A 1,000 foot sign similar to the current Toyota sign in left field<\/li>\n<li>Pushed out outfield walls, taking over the current sidewalks on Waveland and Sheffield<\/li>\n<li>Restoration of the current scoreboard, with a new LED board beneath it<\/li>\n<li>New LED ribbon boards along the upper deck<\/li>\n<li>Up to 10 additional night games<\/li>\n<li>A potential 3:05 start time for Friday games<\/li>\n<li>The ability to host up to 4 concerts a year without them counting against the night game count<\/li>\n<li>Street fairs on Sheffield for weekend games between Memorial Day and Labor Day<\/li>\n<li>A new hotel on the current McDonald&#8217;s site<\/li>\n<li>The long-awaited triangle building at the corner of Clark and Waveland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Cubs hope to get things started as soon as this season ends, but may still face a lawsuit from the rooftop owners over the new jumbotron blocking their view. \u00a0The pushed out outfield walls are a hedge against that, as the large video screen can be pushed further back in order to lessen the effect on the rooftops.<\/p>\n<p>Time will tell if the Wrigley Field renovations ever get off the ground, but the initial hurdle, after months of legal wrangling, have been passed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After months (years?) of waiting, the Cubs have reached a deal with the city of Chicago for the renovation of Wrigley Field. \u00a0in addition to the\u00a0better player facilities and fan amenities announced in January, the Cubs also got approval for: A 6,000 square foot video screen in left field A 1,000 foot sign similar to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[120,1519,3370,595],"class_list":["post-3757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baseball","tag-cubs","tag-mcdonalds","tag-toyota","tag-wrigley-field"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3757"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3758,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3757\/revisions\/3758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}