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Wrigley Field / ˈ r ɪ ɡ l i / is a ballpark on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is the home ballpark of Major League Baseball's Chicago Cubs, one of the city's two MLB franchises. It first opened in 1914 as Weeghman Park for Charles Weeghman's Chicago Whales of the Federal League, which folded after the 1915 baseball season.
Wrigley Rooftops is a name for the sixteen rooftops of residential buildings which have bleachers or seating on them to view baseball games or other major events at Wrigley Field. Since 1914 Wrigley roofs have dotted the neighborhood of Wrigleyville around Wrigley Field, where the Chicago Cubs play Major League Baseball .
Attendance during the opening weeks of the 2015 season was affected by the unavailability of approximately 5,000 bleacher seats. [21] The announced crowd for the home opener against the St. Louis Cardinals was 35,055 while the second game of the series drew 26,814. [22] Prior to the renovation, seating capacity for Wrigley Field was 41,160. [23 ...
The Dodgers considered using Wrigley Field, the Rose Bowl in Pasadena and the Los Angeles Coliseum. [4] [6] [7] The team opted for four seasons in the 93,000-seat L.A. Coliseum, which had a 251-foot foul line in left field, while awaiting construction of Dodger Stadium, with a seating capacity of 56,000. [8] [9] [10]
In June and July, on select night the park hosted first-class "hippodrome acts" at night after the Whales' games. Separate admission fee (of between 10 and 20 cents for grandstand and 30 for boxes) was charged to view circus-style performers such as "The Five Juggling Normans", "The Clown of the Sawdust Ring" and "the great baseball pantomime comedian George Silvers" [1]
The seat directly on the foul side of Pesky's Pole in the front row is Section 94, Row E, Seat 5 and is usually sold as a lone ticket. In a ceremony before the Red Sox' 2005 game against the Cincinnati Reds , the pole on the left field foul line atop the Green Monster was named the Fisk Foul Pole , or Pudge's Pole , in honor of Carlton Fisk ...
Over the next couple years, as Weeghman's financial fortunes off the field entered a sharp decline, Wrigley acquired an increasing number of shares in the club and took on a growing role in the team's affairs. In November 1918, Weeghman gave up his remaining interest to Wrigley, resigned as president, and left baseball for good.
The following is a list of ballparks.They are ordered by capacity; which is the maximum number of spectators the stadium can accommodate in a normal game (ex: Tropicana Field can be expanded to 42,000+ but is normally capped at 25,000).