Cubs aiming to host the 2014 All-Star Game

Details in the article. Cubs want the 2014 All-Star game at Wrigley. Interesting point was that the article mentioned that by 2014 the team expects to have spent $200-300M on Wrigley renovations.

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Nice.

Let’s make that happen.

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by Trey2317 on Oct 30, 2009 1:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

How much have scalped All Star tickets gone for in the previous years?

Are you familiar with the old robot saying, "Does not compute"?

by dr stabbingworth on Oct 30, 2009 2:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

The only problem..

I see with this plan is that MLB alternates All-Star sites between AL and NL teams.

2009 – St. Louis
2010 – Anaheim
2011 – Arizona
2012 – Unknown (though I might presume Boston for Fenway’s 100th much the same reason the Cubs want Wrigley in ’14)
2013 – NL Team
2014 – AL Team

by CubFan81 on Oct 30, 2009 2:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Also...

should add that with the Twins, Mets, and Marlins opening new stadiums they’ll be lobbying hard as well.

by CubFan81 on Oct 30, 2009 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Tampa Bay also.

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by ctcoff99 on Oct 31, 2009 12:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

They haven't always alternated...

… NL teams hosted in 2006 (Pittsburgh) and 2007 (San Francisco).

They might be willing to make another exception for Wrigley’s 100th birthday.

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by Al on Oct 30, 2009 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Royals have been thought to have 2014.

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by dtpollitt on Oct 30, 2009 3:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I meant 2012.

“The K” just had $250,000,000 thrown into it; I don’t see a reason why it wouldn’t be the 2012 option, it is gorgeous.

"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks

by dtpollitt on Oct 30, 2009 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Then an AL team could have 2013....

… disrupting the AL/NL alternation for one year, the Cubs get 2014, then they go back to alternating.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al on Oct 30, 2009 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is the best I could find, from mid-July, with sources saying there would be a Selig announcement any day/week. I remember the radio down here blowing up because it was rumored he was to pull-out of his KC commitment because he blamed us for high-draft pick contracts, which is ridiculous. I think they’d want 2012 and not 2013 simply because Greinke is signed through 2012.

Dan

"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks

by dtpollitt on Oct 30, 2009 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs