Northwestern football will return to Wrigley Field in 2020 to face Wisconsin
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Terrible location seems to be the overall sentiment, but I don't really understand why (maybe I'm stupid). I feel like any park a few minutes walk away from main public transportation is in at least a decent location. It's right off the highway for drivers as well. Why do people hate on the location?
There's nothing to do around the stadium outside a couple of townie bars. Nobody wants to go to that part of town during the week, myself included and I'm a huge Sox fan
The actual field at Wrigley is beautiful. The stadium is a dump, and now it has been whored out in every conceivable way to pay for the million$ invested just to keep it from falling down. I don't blame the Ricketts for doing this, because they had little choice. But the structure itself is probably beyond redemption.
You can park there for $10 and be on the highway in less than 30 minutes. Sounds like a win to me.
Have you used the bathrooms? Have you seen the rats? Have you noticed the smell in the concourse areas? Have you noticed how cramped it is in the concourse areas?
Instead of cupholders at the seats, they have piss buckets.
Wrigley and Fenway are beautiful old stadiums. Wrigley and Fenway are also dumps. The two characteristics are not mutually exclusive.
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Thanks for the old report. The concourse area has been expanded. Also, I have never found it difficult to urinate around the rats, and I seldom watch the game from the concourse anyway.
My beer seemed to fit quite nicely in a cupholder last Sunday.
Now, Fenway is still a dump. Wrigley post-renovation is great.
You must not remember the "home" game NU played against dOSU in Cleveland Municipal Stadium (aka The Mistake by the Lake).......
Have they expanded the holding Cell underneath the right field grandstand? That place got crowded.
It's still a baseball stadium and probably not as nice as the new Wrigley, Certainly less historic.
The entire lower deck has been re-done and next off season they'll do the upper deck. Also the Ricketts family paid for it while that stadium on the southside was a gift from the taxpayers. Quite a difference, huh?
Guess as long as you don't mind your tax dollars going into Reinsdorf's pockets. Then why do I always hear that one reason they have trouble drawing over 10,000 is because of the "terrible traffic"?
Thought that was sent to arrow down park, where it's especially needed.
I also do not see the attraction to play at Wrigley. I attended the last time we played there and was disappointed in the venue. I guess this can help in recruiting. My real question is will this be part of the season ticket package or will it be a separate fee like last time?
Better for what? How do you make sight lines less than terrible? And if it is a cold day with that open framework...
Better for experiencing a spectacle. I'd imagine that there will be a new layout, given the renovations, that will hopefully aim to improve the sight lines.
Are you actually complaining about being cold at a November college football game? I don't remember Ryan being particularly warm...
Wisky was homecoming in 95. But I thought PSU 95 was the first Dyche Stadium sellout in forever.