As I mentioned above same was done at Chase Field and league-wide.

I think Addison is the more important of the street closures due to the structural supports for the upper deck so close to the street. At least put an iron post median down that block on Addison that fronts the park and only allow traffic on the south side of street.

Addison IS the south street. Are you talking about Waveland or Sheffield?

that seems like a huge hassle, but i guess its better than a permanent eyesore

I believe they meant the south side of Addison. So only EB traffic or maybe remove parking and have a single narrow lane in each direction. The sidewalk along the stadium is pitifully narrow there on game days.

Any time savings proceeding through the block will be wasted by the traffic snarls caused by the closures. Roads north and south of the stadium already aren't great during game days. As the Western/Belmont affair illustrated, shutting down (or severely limiting) a major arterial can overload adjacent arterials. Irving Park is already jammed up in the evening rush, let alone on game days, and Belmont is just impossible. Roscoe won't be passable and the balance of the East/West streets in the area of the stadium aren't designed to pass large volumes of traffic (indeed they're set up to discourage thru traffic).

One way to cut down on traffic would be to exclude Uber/Lyft within a certain radius of the park. I see their placards on just about every third or fourth car in the neighborhood nowadays.

Went to the game last night. The metal detectors are everywhere, move very quickly and are just rolled out and plugged in. They just run them inside when not in use and I'm assuming store them inside the concourse.

The issue is they have to have the metal detectors at a decent distance from the stadium, as once inside people regroup and then stand in (a very small) line to get their tickets scanned.

As that is, it mean the metal detectors are probably 4-10 feet from the street in most cases. I know last night they had to really shove traffic aside because there's a huge crunch there of hundreds of people waiting for the metal detectors and are spilling out into the street which completely blocks anyone actually just wanting to make their way past the stadium.

I wasn't surprised when officials said they were talking about bumping the sidewalk out at Addison away from Wrigley and shrinking the footprint of Addison/Clark and that intersection.

As far as inside the stadium, we were on the 3rd base side. Same bathrooms, same HORRIBLE lines as always for the bathrooms. Same horrible lines for the concessions. Not sure if there were new concessions, it seems the same old mess in the concourse as it always was.

When are the concourses themselves supposed to be upgraded per the renderings on the Cubs site?

The 1060 Project timeline needs an update since a few things got bumped back

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cgrab5AVEAA0a2U.jpg

h/t Danny Ecker

god thats fugly. and theres still going to be 3 more of these?

The landmark commission and the powers that be made complete laughing stocks of themselves by folding like a cheap suit to the Ricketts for permitting this schlock.

Because TORCO was so classy.

Well, according to the Ricketts, they can't afford to field a competitive team without these signs.

Day baseball...crowd and vendor noize dominated along with organ interludes based
On the game's flow. Night games where dark and broody in the shadow enveloped stands

.Wrigley at night was dark and skeletal , just like the Eiffel tower and the loop el

Oh gohst of the past please don't be driven away by the screaming led displays and the minor league overloud schtick they pump in to pat the owner on the back. " no its not a museum anymore".

It was a simple recipe that teams borrowed, and started adding more seasoning and ingedien s to, and now we got it back. Very bright, very loud, they say the kids would love it if they can blow 500 a week on beer and tickets. Which only 1 in 20 could.

Thatgreatoldtimeyparknomore

Exactly the Rooftops have long history of advertising.

Torco sign dates all the way back to Bismarck Gardens and Atlas Special Beer before Torco, Southwest Airlines, and the Miller Brewing Company.

http://newshour-tc.pbs.org/newshour/...8-1024x790.jpg

circa 1933 h/t PBS


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped..._sign_1935.JPG

Baby Ruth sign circa 1935 h/t wikipedia

Also remember in 2009, they blocked Horseshoe Casino sign (Budweiser building) that eventually led to the Toyota sign in left.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ounds_1908.jpg

Cubs former home West Side Grounds was known for its free-standing billboard that ran above the length of the bleachers. The billboard frequently featured large ads for the sports pages and the sportswriters of local newspapers such as the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Daily News.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ChADIYYWwAAhe0N.jpg

h/t Bleed Cubbie Blue

My only beef with this sign (and the Wintrust & Budweiser signs) is the lack of any character to the frames. The renderings appeared to show some design similarities with the arches of the light stands and the new 'ironwork' outside of the ballpark.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ChADIYYWwAAhe0N.jpg


http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HoBkSi4iEY...er_Wrigley.jpg

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I disagree, I think that would have been a bit much "theme"... too much "theme" makes things start to feel like a "theme park"... get it?

I completely agree with Vexxed and I'm holding out hope the adjustment is made to the LF board once the outfield lights are installed next year. The hopes are likely unwarranted, I admit.

Just remember there's a thin line between classy and cheezy.

^ not lost on me by any means. I just don't think what we're talking about is getting anywhere near that line.