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Wrigley Field / ˈ r ɪ ɡ l i / is a ballpark on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is the home ballpark of Major League Baseball's Chicago Cubs, one of the city's two MLB franchises. It first opened in 1914 as Weeghman Park for Charles Weeghman's Chicago Whales of the Federal League, which folded after the 1915 baseball season.
They are ordered by seating capacity, the maximum number of spectators the stadium can accommodate in baseball configuration. Venues with a capacity of at least 1,000 are included. Venues with a capacity of at least 1,000 are included.
Wrigley Rooftops is a name for the sixteen rooftops of residential buildings which have bleachers or seating on them to view baseball games or other major events at Wrigley Field. Since 1914 Wrigley roofs have dotted the neighborhood of Wrigleyville around Wrigley Field, where the Chicago Cubs play Major League Baseball .
The Bears' 50 seasons at Wrigley Field was the NFL record for one team at one venue until 2006, when Lambeau Field equaled this milestone by hosting the Green Bay Packers for their 50th season ...
The Dodgers considered using Wrigley Field, the Rose Bowl in Pasadena and the Los Angeles Coliseum. [4] [6] [7] The team opted for four seasons in the 93,000-seat L.A. Coliseum, which had a 251-foot foul line in left field, while awaiting construction of Dodger Stadium, with a seating capacity of 56,000. [8] [9] [10]
Attendance during the opening weeks of the 2015 season was affected by the unavailability of approximately 5,000 bleacher seats. [21] The announced crowd for the home opener against the St. Louis Cardinals was 35,055 while the second game of the series drew 26,814. [22] Prior to the renovation, seating capacity for Wrigley Field was 41,160. [23 ...
3 Seating capacity. ... Wrigley Field, and Dodger Stadium. [6] The stadium hosted the MLB All-Star Game three times in 1967, ... To add more seats (eventually about ...
1917 map of Fenway Park. Fenway Park is one of the two remaining jewel box ballparks still in use in Major League Baseball, the other being Wrigley Field; both have a significant number of obstructed view seats, due to pillars supporting the upper deck. These are sold as such, and are a reminder of the architectural limitations of older ballparks.