Snowy Saturday Around Wrigley Field

by Al Yellon on Feb 21, 2009 4:40 PM CST in Chicago Cubs News

Fans lined up for tickets on Saturday morning

Another view of the ticket line

This area is going to be redesigned as an outdoor beer garden

The Sports Corner bar was here. It'll return by Opening Day.

Click on photos to open larger versions in a new browser window. All photos by David Sameshima

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That will be quite an impressive construction job to get the Sports Corner back up and running in 51 days.

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by gauchodirk on Feb 21, 2009 4:49 PM CST reply actions

I was thinking the same thing, but...

… they claim they’re going to do it.

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by Al Yellon on Feb 21, 2009 4:49 PM CST up reply actions

Maybe

they’re calling in Ty Pennington. :)

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by Goodie1969 on Feb 21, 2009 5:22 PM CST up reply actions

LMAO

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by Cubbie-Tim on Feb 21, 2009 6:36 PM CST up reply actions

How in the world are they going to accomplish that!

"You win because of the quarterback. We have to get that position stabilized. We're fixated on that.

We know it's the most valuable position on the football team. We've gone through so many scenarios at that position we can write a book, moreso on what not do."

-- Jerry Angelo (12.30.2008)
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by SackMan on Feb 21, 2009 7:21 PM CST up reply actions

I've been wondering that myself.

That’s what they claim, though.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al Yellon on Feb 21, 2009 8:07 PM CST up reply actions

I've seen McDonald's

put up a building in about 2 weeks. I’m sure it’s expensive, but they probably do the math to figure out how much they lose every day they’re not open.

by ChipSet on Feb 22, 2009 9:20 AM CST up reply actions

Is it spring yet?

This winter has been too long. And I’m sorry, but Premier League just isn’t good sport. I want baseball back!

The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.

by sanantonecub on Feb 21, 2009 4:58 PM CST reply actions

Four more days.

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by Al Yellon on Feb 21, 2009 5:00 PM CST up reply actions

Woohoo!

Now if only there were some WBC games in London… oh well.

The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.

by sanantonecub on Feb 21, 2009 5:02 PM CST up reply actions

You have no idea how long the winter has been here.

Just when it looked like it was warming up for spring, we got socked with another snow today.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al Yellon on Feb 21, 2009 5:05 PM CST up reply actions

Think of it this way...

At least Chicagoland doesn’t run out of salt for the roads after one winter storm (about 6" max…)……

The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.

by sanantonecub on Feb 21, 2009 5:07 PM CST up reply actions

Beer Garden and Sports Corner

The beer garden (I always think that this is where beer gets planted and grown) looks to be intended for the same area the commerative bricks are. Anyone know what happens to them?

And Sports Corner? Why the tear down?

"When they signed Fukudome, I knew they were trying to get me fired". - Ron Santo, January, 2008

by BeerCub on Feb 21, 2009 5:08 PM CST reply actions

That's a good question about Sports Corner.

I guess the owners wanted an upgraded building.

About the beer garden, the bricks are actually closer to the street, on the right side of the fence as you see it in the photo.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al Yellon on Feb 21, 2009 5:22 PM CST up reply actions

….. my brick, which says “BeerCub” amazingly enough, is located to the left of the gift shop door, about 10-15 from the wall very near the tree in the foreground. Where exactly are they going to grow the beer?

And like a lot of others, I liked the Sports Corner. I saw the Vikings@ Bears game there last October that the Bears lost on a last second field goal. It’s a shame it’s no longer what it was.

"When they signed Fukudome, I knew they were trying to get me fired". - Ron Santo, January, 2008

by BeerCub on Feb 21, 2009 5:39 PM CST up reply actions

FWIW...

…I am reminded the Viking game was October of ’07, not ’08.Old age does things to the memory.

"When they signed Fukudome, I knew they were trying to get me fired". - Ron Santo, January, 2008

by BeerCub on Feb 22, 2009 8:45 AM CST up reply actions

There are bricks inside the fenced in area as well

Can’t see them because of the snow, but the foreground area of the photo, between the trees, has a bunch of the engraved bricks too.

I took a quick look through the fence earlier this week, and it appears like all the construction digging was happening only in the area where the old patio was, which in the photo above is in the background, behind that second tree. A big trench had been dug near the entrance of the gift shop and it looked like there was some big pipes in there. My guess is they’re bringing plumbing outside, most likely to have wet bar capabilities.

It’s possible the footprint of the beer garden will be larger than the old patio area, but if that happens, I would expect the bricks to be relocated. Seems like an unwritten rule that they should always be accessible by the public.

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by ballhawk on Feb 21, 2009 5:42 PM CST up reply actions

I think you have it right.

They have some of the bricks fenced in, but the fenced-in area now is larger than the new beer garden will be.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al Yellon on Feb 21, 2009 8:09 PM CST up reply actions

Anyone need a cold frosty one?

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by flachimesa on Feb 21, 2009 7:14 PM CST up reply actions

ahhh

back after 7 months. and its good to be back. blue mike still posting on here. oh I hope so

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by cubs on Feb 21, 2009 5:38 PM CST reply actions

Welcome back. Not to worry, BM is still here - he just goes by BLou these days...

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by ballhawk on Feb 21, 2009 5:43 PM CST up reply actions

hahaha..

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by cubs on Feb 21, 2009 5:49 PM CST up reply actions

Looks like you're going to have to change your avatar, though.

Isn’t that Cedeno?

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by Al Yellon on Feb 21, 2009 8:08 PM CST up reply actions

marmol my friend, marmol.

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by cubs on Feb 21, 2009 8:48 PM CST up reply actions

Of course, you're right.

It looked like Ronny in that tiny little size.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al Yellon on Feb 21, 2009 8:56 PM CST up reply actions

SPORTS CORNER.....

Heard the new business would be more upscale like Harry Caray’s Tavern….I liked the old Sports Corner also .. The food was good and the service great …Maybe thats progress…..

by cubs north on Feb 21, 2009 10:23 PM CST reply actions