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A Wrigley Field Opening Day snowout gallery

Photos from around the ballpark and Wrigleyville on what was supposed to be the day of the home opener.

By Al Yellon
  • 9:40 a.m. View of the marquee and magnetometers at main gate David Sameshima
  • 9:43 a.m. The new name for the Park at Wrigley on the video board David Sameshima
  • 9:44 a.m. McDonalds employee working to draw attention to the newly opened location. David Sameshima
  • 9:47 a.m. Brittney Payton doing a TV report, from Gallagher Way David Sameshima
  • 9:47 a.m. Putting in more planters at Gallagher Way David Sameshima
  • 9:48 a.m. Cubs gameday employees line up on Waveland outside the office building David Sameshima
  • 9:49 a.m. Cubs gameday employees line up on Waveland outside the office building David Sameshima
  • 9:49 a.m. Souvenir vendor shaking the snow off of the t-shirts, and packing up David Sameshima
  • 9:50 a.m. Workers still packing up, on Waveland Avenue David Sameshima
  • 9:50 a.m. Workers still packing up, on Waveland Avenue David Sameshima
  • 9:50 a.m. Bleacher line on Waveland David Sameshima
  • 11:27 a.m. Snowy Gallagher Way David Sameshima
  • 11:27 a.m. Snowman building in Gallagher Way David Sameshima
  • 11:54 a.m. The game has been called, but not the drinking David Sameshima
  • 11:56 a.m. Sheffield & Waveland David Sameshima
  • 11:59 a.m. Pirates team bus arriving on Sheffield David Sameshima
  • 11:59 a.m. Pirates team bus arriving on Sheffield David Sameshima
  • 11:59 a.m. The former Gate D (now Right Field Gate), at Addison and Sheffield David Sameshima
  • 12:00 p.m. The new layout, at the former Gate D (now Right Field Gate) David Sameshima
  • 12:01 p.m. View into the concourse, from the new Addison Street side Cubs Store David Sameshima
  • 12:03 p.m. View of the concourse, from the second floor of the Addison Street side Cubs Store David Sameshima
  • 12:03 p.m. View of the concourse, from the second floor of the Addison Street side Cubs Store David Sameshima
  • 12:04 p.m. Inside the new Addison Street Cubs Store David Sameshima
  • 12:09 p.m. Security setup, at Clark and Addison David Sameshima
  • 12:10 p.m. Clark & Addison David Sameshima
  • 12:12 p.m. The marquee announcement David Sameshima
  • 12:14 p.m. Employee removing game day barricades, at Gallagher Way David Sameshima
  • 12:15 Snowman building on Gallagher Way David Sameshima
  • 12:15 p.m. Snowman building on Gallagher Way David Sameshima
  • 12:25 p.m. Picnic seating available, in Gallagher Way David Sameshima
  • 12:28 p.m. New ad sign on Waveland rooftop David Sameshima

It was cold and snowy in Chicago Monday.

This, you already know.

The Cubs finally called off their scheduled 1:20 p.m. game against the Pirates at 11:15 a.m, after first pushing back the starting time by an hour to 2:20. That happened at 9:45 a.m. The team obviously hoped they could get the field in playing shape, but weren’t able to. It didn’t stop snowing on the North Side of Chicago in the area around the ballpark until close to 2 p.m., so even though the field eventually got cleared of snow:

... as you can see, it still really wasn’t in playing shape. That, plus the 35-degree temperatures and wind howling off Lake Michigan, made the postponement a good call.

The weather should be better Tuesday afternoon when the teams play the rescheduled game — sunshine and temperatures in the mid-40s. Still not exactly baseball weather, but a vast improvement over Monday.

Please enjoy these photos taken around the ballpark and Wrigleyville area Monday morning before the game was called. They include photos of the bleacher line, of what was happening at the Park at Wrigley, now called “Gallagher Way,” and there are some views (photos 20-23) into the ballpark from the new Addison Street Cubs Store, in addition to views of the store itself.

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