{"id":7523,"date":"2015-01-18T05:18:44","date_gmt":"2015-01-18T11:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=7523"},"modified":"2015-01-17T20:41:30","modified_gmt":"2015-01-18T02:41:30","slug":"no-place-to-sit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/no-place-to-sit\/","title":{"rendered":"No Place To Sit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/B7lCcWaCcAAeiq8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7525\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/B7lCcWaCcAAeiq8.jpg\" alt=\"B7lCcWaCcAAeiq8\" width=\"599\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/B7lCcWaCcAAeiq8.jpg 599w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/B7lCcWaCcAAeiq8-300x261.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a>To the surprise of nobody not wearing blue and red-colored glasses, the\u00a0Cubs announced yesterday that the rebuild of the bleachers, being done to support the new video boards\u00a0and outfield signage that is key to the renovations of Wrigley Field, will not be complete by opening day.\u00a0 Or anytime soon after.<\/p>\n<p>The current plan, announced during the Cubs Convention, is for the left field bleachers to be ready by the May 11 game against the Mets, the start of\u00a0a 7 game homestand.\u00a0 The right field bleachers are not expected to be open until late May.\u00a0 While they are not part of the renovations, the center field bleachers will not open until the left field portion is available, due to safety concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Assuming they meet the new deadlines, there will be 15 games, including the nationally broadcast opening night game against the Cardinals, that will be without any bleachers whatsoever.\u00a0 If the right field bleachers open for the Memorial Day game against Nationals, that would mean the Cubs will play 22 home games, over\u00a027% of the season,\u00a0without their full capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Season ticket holders in the bleachers will be given the option of getting a refund for the missed games, getting credit for future ticket purchases, or relocating to the main seating bowl.\u00a0 Single game tickets will not be sold for those 15 games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To the surprise of nobody not wearing blue and red-colored glasses, the\u00a0Cubs announced yesterday that the rebuild of the bleachers, being done to support the new video boards\u00a0and outfield signage that is key to the renovations of Wrigley Field, will not be complete by opening day.\u00a0 Or anytime soon after. The current plan, announced during [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[57,120,2967,4793,261,117,595],"class_list":["post-7523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baseball","tag-cardinals","tag-cubs","tag-cubs-convention","tag-memorial-day","tag-mets","tag-nationals","tag-wrigley-field"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7523","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7523"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7527,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7523\/revisions\/7527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}