Wrigley Field may be temp shutdown

danger2112 · #1 08-20-2004, 01:16 AM

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City officials ordered a new round of inspections at Wrigley Field on Thursday and threatened to block Monday night's game if the team can't prove the ballpark is safe.

The Cubs have until noon Monday to show that 90-year-old Wrigley is safe.

Buildings Commissioner Stan Kaderbek said he ordered the review after a reporter noted during an interview Wednesday that some repairs at the ballpark were "shoddy."

"I said that certainly the reports we received from the Cubs don't indicate that," Kaderbek said, but he said he was concerned enough that he ordered new inspections.

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robertlaf · #2 08-20-2004, 03:44 PM

They can't even keep up one of the most famous places in the city. I always thought of Chicago as one of the most corrupt city govts. How many years have the Daly's run that city anyway? How much money have they gotten at taxpayer's expense ? They won't even build a new football stadium. They are just rennovating the relic Soldier's Field I believe.
I would hate to live there but visited it once and liked it.

danger2112 · #3 08-23-2004, 06:26 PM

well they said today that the stadium will be fine to play.

robertlaf · #4 08-23-2004, 06:40 PM

Now if they could fix Sosa (like drop him to 6th or 7th in the order) they could have some playoff games there too (but it might hurt his "sensitive nature").

danger2112 · #5 08-23-2004, 06:42 PM

I thought he batted 5th or 6th last night

Sgt. Rock · #6 08-23-2004, 08:10 PM

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Originally posted by robertlaf:
They can't even keep up one of the most famous places in the city. I always thought of Chicago as one of the most corrupt city govts. How many years have the Daly's run that city anyway? How much money have they gotten at taxpayer's expense ? They won't even build a new football stadium. They are just rennovating the relic Soldier's Field I believe.
I would hate to live there but visited it once and liked it.

No kidding. Wrigley is a treasure. If they can't keep it up, what in the hell are they spending their money on?

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robertlaf · #7 08-23-2004, 09:19 PM

That is a stadium that I hope will never be torn down . It is like Fenway and Yankee Stadium. It is not a matter of age like Comisky (it just wasn't famous enough to renovate)..

Sosa is batting fifth today, but should be at 6th or 7th I think when Nomar is in the lineup. He kills the Cubs in September.

danger2112 · #8 08-23-2004, 09:20 PM

Weren't they thinking of building a new Yankee Stadium?

Dutch · #9 08-23-2004, 10:16 PM

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Originally posted by danger2112:
Weren't they thinking of building a new Yankee Stadium?

Yes, but we will see.

As for the Cubbies ballpark, its not as if shutting the park down is going to cause them to miss out on winning the World Series. [img]graemlins/Laughing.gif[/img]

Maybe they would be doing their fans and the city a favor if they shut the doors. [img]graemlins/raisedeyebrow.gif[/img]

danger2112 · #10 08-23-2004, 10:19 PM

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Originally posted by Dutch:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by danger2112:
Weren't they thinking of building a new Yankee Stadium?

Yes, but we will see.

As for the Cubbies ballpark, its not as if shutting the park down is going to cause them to miss out on winning the World Series. [img]graemlins/Laughing.gif[/img]

Maybe they would be doing their fans and the city a favor if they shut the doors. [img]graemlins/raisedeyebrow.gif[/img] </font>[/quote]Dutch the ESPN announcer said: Well they aren't shutting the doors on the ballpark, but the doors were shut a long time ago on their world series quest.

The Redsox are starting to come on so at least maybe one of the teams will break that horrible streak.