Re: Ticket prices and sales

85Bears4life

85Bears4life

Bears Hall Of Famer
Donator
Joined:
Aug 12, 2010
Posts:
8,292
Liked Posts:
3,054
ricketts has to make money for this supposed "massive renovation" project somehow.Keeping ticket prices high helps. (And cub fans willing to pay to watch this god awful disaster called a franchise)

New Cubs tent across the street....(im sure prices are outrageous)

dt.common.streams.StreamServer.cls


dt.common.streams.StreamServer.cls
 
Last edited:

Rice Cube

World Series Dreaming
Donator
Joined:
Jun 7, 2011
Posts:
18,077
Liked Posts:
3,472
Location:
Chicago
I'll be at Wrigley on Monday night for the Brewers series. But goodness that's almost as ghetto-looking as their ice skating rink.
 
85Bears4life

85Bears4life

Bears Hall Of Famer
Donator
Joined:
Aug 12, 2010
Posts:
8,292
Liked Posts:
3,054
Rice Cube said:
I'll be at Wrigley on Monday night for the Brewers series. But goodness that's almost as ghetto-looking as their ice skating rink.
Click to expand...

Make sure to visit that tent...I wanna know some prices of some of the merchandise.:D
 

Rice Cube

World Series Dreaming
Donator
Joined:
Jun 7, 2011
Posts:
18,077
Liked Posts:
3,472
Location:
Chicago
cubsneedmiracle said:
Merchandise prices are outrageous for any sports licensed product
Click to expand...

Yup...I got my jersey from Wrigleyville Sports across the street and it cost $120 before taxes. I got the authentic one though, with the NL patch, not the replica one.

I figured if they were going to build a store they'd make a real building, not a bunch of shipping crates stacked up like Legos or Lincoln logs. It looks half-assed.
 
Uman85

Uman85

Oh Yeah.
Donator
Joined:
Apr 10, 2011
Posts:
16,342
Liked Posts:
5,992
I thought that was only temporary until they built a permanent one. If that's the finished product, then epic fail on the Cubs. That is an eye sore.
 
cubsneedmiracle

cubsneedmiracle

CCS Donator
Donator
Joined:
May 28, 2010
Posts:
7,474
Liked Posts:
1,778
Uman85 said:
I thought that was only temporary until they built a permanent one. If that's the finished product, then epic fail on the Cubs. That is an eye sore.
Click to expand...

It's not perm.. It's till they can build that triangle building..

It may be here for awhile but its not perm.
 

Rice Cube

World Series Dreaming
Donator
Joined:
Jun 7, 2011
Posts:
18,077
Liked Posts:
3,472
Location:
Chicago
cubsneedmiracle said:
It's not perm.. It's till they can build that triangle building..

It may be here for awhile but its not perm.
Click to expand...

Thank goodness :lol:

If it's just for temporary use then it's a pretty good MacGyvering they did there.
 
Uman85

Uman85

Oh Yeah.
Donator
Joined:
Apr 10, 2011
Posts:
16,342
Liked Posts:
5,992
cubsneedmiracle said:
It's not perm.. It's till they can build that triangle building..

It may be here for awhile but its not perm.
Click to expand...

Okay, that makes more sense now. I didn't think it was going to be a permanent building. The triangle building can be built during the season as well as the off-season, correct? I haven't seen any recent renderings of it, but the last proposed graphic I saw of it looked as though it could be constructed even while baseball was being played at Wrigley.
 

Rice Cube

World Series Dreaming
Donator
Joined:
Jun 7, 2011
Posts:
18,077
Liked Posts:
3,472
Location:
Chicago
Uman85 said:
Okay, that makes more sense now. I didn't think it was going to be a permanent building. The triangle building can be built during the season as well as the off-season, correct? I haven't seen any recent renderings of it, but the last proposed graphic I saw of it looked as though it could be constructed even while baseball was being played at Wrigley.
Click to expand...

I think they have to figure out the stuff with the city before they know how much funding they can allocate to the Triangle Building. Shouldn't be a huge hurdle though. Sounds like they'll build it anyway.
 
dabynsky

dabynsky

Fringe Average Mod
Donator
Joined:
May 17, 2010
Posts:
13,947
Liked Posts:
3,118
I think what goes into the Triangle Building is an issue with the city though. Sounds like the city wants more year round stuff if they are ipso facto funding it by paying for the renovations at Wrigley. If the Cubs weren't holding out for that funding they probably could bring ground tomorrow if they really wanted.
 

Rice Cube

World Series Dreaming
Donator
Joined:
Jun 7, 2011
Posts:
18,077
Liked Posts:
3,472
Location:
Chicago
Re: the ghetto ice skating rink, I think Chicago should try to host the NHL Winter Classic every year and just have that rink built up inside the park after Thanksgiving and have it running until after February 1st or so. Then I might actually pay $$ to skate there.

Or maybe inside the Triangle Building. That'd be cool too. There's your year-round usage. Ice-rink plus souvenir shop.
 
85Bears4life

85Bears4life

Bears Hall Of Famer
Donator
Joined:
Aug 12, 2010
Posts:
8,292
Liked Posts:
3,054
Uman85 said:
Okay, that makes more sense now. I didn't think it was going to be a permanent building. The triangle building can be built during the season as well as the off-season, correct? I haven't seen any recent renderings of it, but the last proposed graphic I saw of it looked as though it could be constructed even while baseball was being played at Wrigley.
Click to expand...

The Wrigley Field Triangle Building

PERSP%2520Bridges.jpg


If they wanna do this, This would have to be completed during offseason. bridges to connect the building to Wrigley rooftops?
 
cubsneedmiracle

cubsneedmiracle

CCS Donator
Donator
Joined:
May 28, 2010
Posts:
7,474
Liked Posts:
1,778
Rice Cube said:
Re: the ghetto ice skating rink, I think Chicago should try to host the NHL Winter Classic every year and just have that rink built up inside the park after Thanksgiving and have it running until after February 1st or so. Then I might actually pay $$ to skate there.

Or maybe inside the Triangle Building. That'd be cool too. There's your year-round usage. Ice-rink plus souvenir shop.
Click to expand...

That won't be at Wrigley for awhile..

Our best shot for the next Winter Classic is to have it at Soldier Field.
 
85Bears4life

85Bears4life

Bears Hall Of Famer
Donator
Joined:
Aug 12, 2010
Posts:
8,292
Liked Posts:
3,054
Al I know is if Ricketts wants the triangle building built he would have to spend HIS OWN money to build it.

City/State will not help him. They will help renovate wrigley(not sure how much though), but he would have to spend his own money to build that building.

It won't get built till the agreement to renovate WF is complete though.
 

Rice Cube

World Series Dreaming
Donator
Joined:
Jun 7, 2011
Posts:
18,077
Liked Posts:
3,472
Location:
Chicago
I wonder if they'll provide indoor parking for the players and staff as the building would go where the parking lot used to be.
 

brett05

867-5309
Joined:
Apr 28, 2009
Posts:
27,226
Liked Posts:
-1,272
Location:
Hell
Rice Cube said:
I figured if they were going to build a store they'd make a real building, not a bunch of shipping crates stacked up like Legos or Lincoln logs. It looks half (done).
Click to expand...

Matches the park :)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

10,878members
93,002threads
4,372,282posts
658online users

Members online NOW

  • Member
  • Admin
  • Mod
  • Donor
  • HOF
Total: 658 (members: 39, guests: 619)

Staff online NOW

Top