Ricketts Wants Your Help To Preserve Wrigley

Chicago, IL- Officially celebrating it's one hundredth birthday on April 23, 2014, Wrigley Field is now known as a landmark. The area known as "Wrigleyville" creates a vast amount of income for the city of Chicago due to the tourist-attracting stadium along with the great bars, sports shops, and engaging communities. Even though the stadium is a great place to enjoy a ballgame, it's not a great place to play.

The Ricketts, the family who own the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball franchise, have been trying to renovate the stadium and the area for a few years now. They believe the stadium requires some upgrades like a video screen and more advertisement signs. With these upgrades, the stadium would collaborate more in the digital age of baseball, and boost the revenue the Cubs already make from the millions of people who attend Wrigley every year.

Even though the ideas sound great and have been approved by the city, there is one group of people who don't agree with the idea: the Wrigley Rooftop Owners. In a video released early this morning, Tom Ricketts addressed some major concerns for the state of Wrigley Field. His main concern was the rooftop owners not agreeing with the proposal brought to the city, but he also had some other major points.

For the players, Wrigley Field is not a ballpark they usually enjoy. Unlike the ballpark in Mesa, Wrigley Field is not up to code compared to other Major League Baseball Stadiums. The clubhouses are one factor that Mr. Ricketts points out in his message to Cubs fans. Due to the lack of batting cages near the clubhouse, players have to set up a tee and a net in order to practice their approach at the plate. It is very disappointing that a Major League Franchise has to use that practice in order to work on hitting. While all of the renovation ideas sound costly, Mr. Ricketts said he would cover all of the $500 million dollar expenses owed for an improved Wrigley Field.

In order to help persuade the Wrigley Rooftop Owners, the Chicago Cubs have set up a petition at the Wrigley Field website. With these new proposals, the Cubs might improve their chances of winning a World Series on the North Side.

-Daniel (DanielDoreCTC)