nomarandlee |
Mar 17, 2016 8:25 PM |
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Originally Posted by lu9
(Post 7374300)
I don't quite follow? Are you referring to the Triangle building? or perhaps the new video boards?
The Wrigley renovations themselves are being done very well IMO. They are designing it to appear as it did in the 30s.
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The 30's looks better then the 80-10's but that ain't saying much. Some Wrought iron fencing looks OK but is hardly forward thinking nor probably all that expensive (compared to a full scale renovation/replacement of the outer shell).
Let's face it. The Ricketts are doing all these "upgrades" on the relative cheap. They decided since they couldn't get the taxpayers money they would go full tilt and put in enough money to only have the stadium be put in a state of good repair. Most of the rest are add ons (save maybe the clubhouse for the players) they took advantage to ram through more lucrative revenue producing proposals (billboards, restaurants, hotels, tacky Vegas plaza etc.) which mostly detract from the park IMO and then they laud themselves for "investing" 500 million of their own dollars in their own ballpark. Meanwhile showing themselves to be exactly the country bumpkin Cornhusker folks they are with their gauche Disney-Vegas ideas for the ballpark and neighborhood they are putting forth. I am all for upgrading the stadium and for them putting in more revenue making amentities of course but they chose the most garish ways to go about that will not leave any long lasting legacy for which fans or the neighborhood can be really thankful.
Still, I consider it a minor victory that are putting up the modern train wreck for their triangle building compared to the retro-schlock clock tower they planned before.
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