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I'm not entirely sure of what kind of arrangement the team has with all the rooftop owners and from an outsiders perspective it seems that the sides generally don't like each other.

The Lakeview Baseball Club apparently had to appease it's customers for the Winter Classic because the jumbotron that was installed blocked their view. They offered the customers a free trip to Wrigley this summer and wanted the Cubs to pay the difference. Though, rather than try to work this out with the Cubs they've withheld their entire 2008 payment which was apparently due on 12/31.

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by Cubbie-Tim on Feb 18, 2009 12:59 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

hahahaha

classic.

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by All The Way on Feb 18, 2009 1:23 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Looks like

they have found the new place for a permanent jumbotron. I guess now they can ignore the game from behind a black behemoth of technological wonder.

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by StevenABQ on Feb 18, 2009 4:07 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Rec'd

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by Al on Feb 18, 2009 2:06 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed...

but then again, I thought back when the screens were up and they were “negotiating” with the Cubs about how much of their revenue the team should get a cut of, that the rooftop owners claimed they weren’t charging people to come watch the game. They were only charging to come to a gathering on a rooftop, which coincidentally had a good view.

Either way, the Winter Classic was not even a game the rooftop owners could have anticipated. I wish the Cubs would say to the LBC representative that it was their good fortune to own a building next to a stadium and their misfortune to be the one with sight lines obstructed by NECESSARY equipment.

by CubFan81 on Feb 18, 2009 2:33 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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The screens, FWIW, did almost nothing to block any views — it was a really dumb idea.

I got a piece of the screen — on the last day of 2002, some of the LF people cut them up (this was in the old bleachers where I sat in RF) and I have a piece that’s about 8×11, the size of a sheet of paper.

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by Al on Feb 18, 2009 4:56 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Screw the greedy bastard rooftop owners

Rip up the agreement and put a great big damned net up to block their views. I was at a rooftop party last season. Chatting to the owner/hostess, all the guy did was piss and moan about the Cub organization. The same Cub organization that allows him to have a multi-million dollar roof enterprise and is the single driver for the extreme value appreciation in his friggin buidling.

by BLou on Feb 18, 2009 2:43 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

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