Wrigley Field Chicago
Wrigley Field formerly known as Cubs Park is a stadium located in Illinois, United States.
The field is home to the team Chicago Cubs which is a Major League Baseball Franchises.
The owner of the field is Thomas S. Ricketts. The seating capacity of the Wrigley field is 42,495.
The field is made up of Merion Bluegrass.
Charles Weeghman hires Zachary Taylor Davis by the authorities for designing the park.
The park opened on April 23, 1914. The earliest tenants of the park were Chicago Wales. In 1918, the park was acquired by Wrigley.
In 1926, the park renamed Wrigley Field. In May, the Cubs declared their plan to modify the park.
The rickets family started to acquire rooftop locations. In 1922 and 1923, the park has several renovations.
The legacy partners of the stadium were Anheuser-Busch, Starwood Hotels, Sloan Valve, American Airlines, and PepsiCo.
In 2001, U.S Postal Service issued a commemorative postage stage of Baseball Park.
Wrigley Field Chicago Features
The main features of the stadium are Ivy-covered outfield walls, rooftop seats, unusual wind patterns, hand-turned scoreboard, main entry marquee, and lights.
The park is very famous for its outfield walls because they covered with ivy. Later the English ivy was changed to Parthenocissus Tricuspidata which is also known as English Ivy.
The front of the stadium is a large red art deco-style marquee. The front is painted blue with changeable letters.
The first renter of the park was the Federal League team, Chicago Whales.
The park also has hosted concerts of several artists named Jimmy Buffett, The Police, Elton John, Billy Joel, Roger Waters, Fall Out Boy and many more. In 2015 NLDS games 3 &4, the stadium attendance was 42,411.
References Taken
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrigley_Field
https://www.mlb.com/cubs/ballpark/