I am sure there are groups angling to build high rise apartments vs the nice green space park.
A few years ago the Wrigley field owners actually moved one dugout and wall farther into the stadium seating to give a little extra room for football.
Lol that any conversation about Chicago always gets to the word, “Naperville”.
But the changeover for Wrigley Field from Baseball to Football and back is way more complicated and time consuming than changing over a stadium where that was the intention. There is no way they would go back in forth. The Purdue-Northwestern game in 21 was in Mid-November. This one ran a risk (albeit a very slight one) that the Cubs would make a run deep into the playoffs and then the game would have had to have been moved back to Evanston.
Most likely we’ll get exclusive coverage on Comedy Central at the rate both programs are trending.
Not sure if this is some kind of political shot or what, but DuPage County has almost a million people, and I would guess that a very large portion of Northwestern's Chicago-area fan base lives there, so I don't think it's irrelevant.
I see now that is supposed to be Jimmy Hoffa's resting place. Just outside the stadium. Sounds like they may get to dig to look.
I'm not going to pretend to know what the difference would be in "man hours" in changing Wrigley back and forth compared to the old cookie-cutter stadiums, but I know that in those days there would be large sections of stands moved in and out, which isn't the case with Wrigley other than that one small corner. Also, as far as game conflicts, those still exist in areas where stadiums are located adjacent to each other in the same parking lot, making concurrent football and baseball games impossible (Philly, KC, Seattle, Detroit, others), so that's not a deal-breaker. Even this year Game 7 of the World Series was scheduled for tomorrow, and that in theory could have taken place at Wrigley. They work things out. Not saying it's certain, and it's obviously not ideal, but I think to say that there is no way they could do it is inaccurate.
Ya, this timelapse Peacock put on Twitter looks like a lot of work to do on a weekly basis...
90% of that was sodding the infield. They wouldn't do that until the Cubs were done for the season.
Either of these two would work. Although Seat Geek (what the hell kind of sponsor is that?) would be easier because they wouldn't have to fight with NIU on scheduling conflicts. And lets face it, it won't be Northwestern fans selling out the stadium at either one of those places.
This question is about something way in the future. What are the plans for soldier field?? Maybe it will still be able to accommodate a football game
