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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.
[6] [7] [8] Rolling Stone listed the tour as one of the 19 hottest tours to see in the fall of 2013. [9] Prior to these shows, the band played two shows in July, one in London, Ontario [10] [11] and the other at Wrigley Field, Chicago. [12] [13] The Chicago show became the fastest concert to sell-out at Wrigley Field. [14]
Music website Alternative Nation named it as the greatest Pearl Jam tour to date. [15] The two shows at Wrigley Field grossed more than $5.7 million, finishing as the 50th-highest-grossing concerts in 2016. [16] [17] The tour was the 45th-highest-grossing tour in North America and the 64th-highest-grossing tour in the world for 2016. [18] [19]
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 .
June 16 the Tribune Company announced their purchase of the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field. [1] June 28 the Chicago Sting of the North American Soccer League defeated the New York Cosmos 6-5 in front of 30,501 attendees. With the Cubs having a poor season. This was the second highest attendance at Wrigley that year behind the Cubs home opener.
Live at Wrigley Field is a live album by Dave Matthews Band recorded on September 18, 2010, at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The album was recorded on the second night of a two night stint at the venue. Most notably, this performance was the last on the band's 2010 Summer tour, and 2011 touring hiatus. It is also their final official live album to ...
The What Makes You Country Tour was the sixth headlining concert tour by American country music artist Luke Bryan. In support of his sixth studio album What Makes You Country (2017), it began on February 18, 2018, in Springfield, Missouri , and concluded on October 26, 2018, in Detroit, Michigan .
Many Chicago baseball fans thought that the park is too historic to have the name changed, and some experts projected that naming rights would have commanded a lower cost in comparison to newer parks because of the anticipated fan backlash, to which Zell stated in an interview with Crain's Chicago Business: [22] 'Wrigley Field, the Cubs and all ...