Deadspin.com--Why your stadium sucks: Wrigley Field

Don't shoot the messenger. I couldn't disagree more with this article. Wrigley is my vision of heaven.

over 2 years ago chilango2 11 comments 0 recs |

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Hard to argue....

with much of what he has to say. A stadium like the new Camelback, S/T home of the Sox and Dodgers, would be a nice model to emulate.

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by Clutche on Jun 12, 2009 3:46 PM CDT reply actions

that would require making a purchase

and paying the bill from it.

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by Cubbie-Tim on Jun 12, 2009 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions

But IMHO, Camelback is one of the most sterile ST complexes in Cactus League. Yes it is new and “state of the art” but it also could be transferred to “any team USA”. Wrigley is in need of renovation, but it also, like Fenway, and even the New Yankee Stadium, is unique to the team that plays there. I think the Camelback example is on the other side of the spectrum – so modern and benign that its hard to identify it with the teams that play there. I don’t think it is the best model to emulate. Unless I’m missing completely what you had in mind in using it as a model?

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by StevenABQ on Jun 12, 2009 4:58 PM CDT up reply actions

Valid points, but..........

I prefer modern and progressive vs. unique and obsolete. I won’t list all of the drawbacks only Wrigley
can claim, but we deserve better than what it offers, or fails to offer, on all fronts.

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by Clutche on Jun 12, 2009 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions

I have no idea where these people sit

I have never smelled anything foul at Wrigley. I split my time between bleachers and Terrace Infield. I don’t miss a jumbo tron, i have a great view and the ticket price is a bargain compared to any other major city team. I also bring in my own food and water and save a fortune.

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by Doggie Stalker on Jun 12, 2009 4:08 PM CDT reply actions

It's Deadspin, it's designed to be confrontational

hence, in the first paragraph alone the poster takes shots at the stadium, beer-gardens and the Natural. That’s a trifecta of unfounded irritation right there!

1/3 of the article is about Bartman so that’s got nothing to do with the stadium.

1/3 of the article is about someone puking in the bleachers – again, nothing to do with the stadium.

1/3 of the article is about an old structure smelling like urine. I could say the same about my grandma and she’s a few decades younger than Wrigley.

I like deadspin most of the time for it’s snark and humour. This article lacks both really. Too bad, because Wrigley is a dump in a lot of ways. It’s also the Happiest Place on earth in a lot of ways.

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by Gibbon Jockey on Jun 12, 2009 4:20 PM CDT reply actions

Don't forget the crumbling concrete!

It’s very important to note (twice!) an incident which happened 4 years ago and has since been fixed.

Honestly, the only cogent point the piece made was about the troughs – those things are just nasty.

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by Clutch16 on Jun 13, 2009 9:20 AM CDT up reply actions

I've been going to Wrigley for 32 years and counting

I’ve been in the seats for countless numbers of games over the years. I like Wrigley as much as anybody, but honestly prevails me to say the place is horribly overrated and in need of an extreme makeover. And no, I would not be disappointed to see the Cubs abandon Wrigley altogether in favor of a brand new ballpark somewhere else in the city or at Arlington Park. A new ballpark can be constructed that takes the best of Wrigley and expands upon it.

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by BLou on Jun 12, 2009 10:40 PM CDT reply actions

The troughs...

are ‘grandfathered’ in. These can no longer be installed in any new construction — they are not up to modern-day code. Bleacherites will note the ‘modern’ restrooms, with…individual stalls.

However — if those Wrigley bathrooms were rebuilt (the ones in the grandstand) — the troughs would go, and individual stalls would be put in their place. The restrooms are crowded already — new ‘units’ would cut the number of individual thats can use the facilities at any time.

If you think you wait a while now — the wait would be awful with a new facility, unless the washrooms were expanded. i have no idea if that’s even possible unless you rebuild the entire facility.

Unless, perhaps — you’d rather go to a ballpark in Arlington Heights surrounded by a parking lot and no soul. I can do that in L-A, Anaheim….the Cell….

“Newer” isn’t always better.

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Jun 13, 2009 2:05 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs