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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.
View of the field from the upper deck, 2004. Wrigley Field is a stadium that opened in 1914. It has primarily served as the home field of the Chicago Cubs professional baseball club for over nine decades, but it also hosted football games and other events in its 100 years of existence.
The city of Chicago had passed an ordinance banning night events at Wrigley Field, due to its presence in the residential Lakeview neighborhood, so Tribune was unable to install lights unless the ordinance was repealed. They compromised by scheduling a significant number of 3:00 starts, which typically carried games into the evening but did not ...
The Iowa Hawkeyes take on Northwestern in Week 10 of the college football season at Wrigley Field, ... games since it opened in 1914. ... 2013 for several Wildcats athletic events at Wrigley. ...
Iconic Wrigley Field will again host the NHL’s showcase event, this time with the Chicago Blackhawks and 2024 Calder Trophy winner Connor Bedard and Jordan Kyrou and the St. Louis Blues, in a ...
The ballpark opened in 1929 as Red Wing Stadium and was hailed as the "Taj Mahal" of minor league ballparks for its grandeur. The name was changed in 1968 to honor Morrie Silver, who led a 1950s ...
Ebbets Field (1913–1957) – Plaque marking its location. Apartment building on site. Chicago. Comiskey Park (mid 1910–1990) – Outline of batters boxes with replica of home plate. Guaranteed Rate Field parking lot on site. Weeghman Park/Cubs Park/Wrigley Field (1914–present) – Still standing and active as of the end of the 2024 season ...
List of events at Wrigley Field; 0–9. 1929 World Series; 1932 World Series; 1935 World Series; 1937 NFL Championship Game; 1938 World Series; 1941 NFL Championship ...