Rosemont Cubs?

[Noneck]

I dont think it is totally unreasonable to think the cubs would consider a move. A place like rosemont would and could give them the world to relocate. This a village that is getting huge revenue from a casino, hotels, convention center, entertainment complex and soon to be huge designer shopping mall. The village has no schools, library's etc to support. In essence this villages streets are lined in gold.

Someone mentioned the Sox moving after the lease expires in 2026, if the ownership at that time is the same as it currently it is, I would see them making the move. They love using other peoples money and this is a place where they would have the opportunity to do that.

[doublem23]

Originally Posted by Noneck

I dont think it is totally unreasonable to think the cubs would consider a move. A place like rosemont would and could give them the world to relocate. This a village that is getting huge revenue from a casino, hotels, convention center, entertainment complex and soon to be huge designer shopping mall. The village has no schools, library's etc to support. In essence this villages streets are lined in gold.

Someone mentioned the Sox moving after the lease expires in 2026, if the ownership at that time is the same as it currently it is, I would see them making the move. They love using other peoples money and this is a place where they would have the opportunity to do that.

The casino is actually in Des Plaines. I believe the license was originally awarded to Rosemont, they had a building ready (the Muvico Theatres) but the state ended up moving the license nearby to Des Plaines because Rosemont probably gives Cicero a run for it's money as the most crooked town in Illinois.

[Noneck]

Originally Posted by doublem23

The casino is actually in Des Plaines. I believe the license was originally awarded to Rosemont, they had a building ready (the Muvico Theatres) but the state ended up moving the license nearby to Des Plaines because Rosemont probably gives Cicero a run for it's money as the most crooked town in Illinois.

Yes you are correct on all counts and has always been the new Cicero since its inception. How they get away with the things they do, in this time baffles me but I know that cant be discussed here.

[Moses_Scurry]

Originally Posted by DSpivack

An empty but still there Wrigley Field while the Cubs are ignored in the suburbs is a rather hilarious picture in my head.

God, that would be like Lionel Hutz imagining a world without lawyers!

[DSpivack]

Originally Posted by Noneck

I dont think it is totally unreasonable to think the cubs would consider a move. A place like rosemont would and could give them the world to relocate. This a village that is getting huge revenue from a casino, hotels, convention center, entertainment complex and soon to be huge designer shopping mall. The village has no schools, library's etc to support. In essence this villages streets are lined in gold.

Someone mentioned the Sox moving after the lease expires in 2026, if the ownership at that time is the same as it currently it is, I would see them making the move. They love using other peoples money and this is a place where they would have the opportunity to do that.

The moment the Cubs move out of Wrigley Field is the moment they cease becoming a tourist attraction to the masses. It would, as has been said, among the worst decisions any sports team has ever made. There aren't any ballparks people flock to in the suburbs as a tourist destination.

[Noneck]

Originally Posted by DSpivack

The moment the Cubs move out of Wrigley Field is the moment they cease becoming a tourist attraction to the masses. It would, as has been said, among the worst decisions any sports team has ever made. There aren't any ballparks people flock to in the suburbs as a tourist destination.

Getting a real sweet lease, parking revenue, skybox revenue, on field advertising revenue, actual concession revenue, having no overseer of what they can and can not do can go a long way.

You mention tourist revenue, I cant think of a more populated tourist base than the hotels filled in rosemont. All within walking distance to the proposed field. Sure it wont be to see a old historic field but maybe it will be to see a good ball club. Yes I know that is
heresy.

[doublem23]

Originally Posted by Noneck

You mention tourist revenue, I cant think of a more populated tourist base than the hotels filled in rosemont. All within walking distance to the proposed field. Sure it wont be to see a old historic field but maybe it will be to see a good ball club. Yes I know that is
heresy.

Uh, what? Tourists don't go to Cubs games to see the Cubs, they go there to see Wrigley Field. The experience of being at Wrigley is what allures so many of them. If the Cubs were a good team and people wanted to see them play, you can get MLB.tv for an entire season for the same price as a hotel room in Rosemont, which is, again, not at all designed for people to walk around, unless you're now building private skywalks from every hotel to the new park as well as the Blue Line stop.

If the Cubs were playing good baseball, they'd pack the park because there's still a lot of Cub fans in the Chicago area that would go see them. But last year, they were historically terrible and they still drew 2.8 million people because they can count on hundreds of thousands if not over a million tourists to go to a game there, regardless of what's going on. That goes away with Wrigley.

[Noneck]

Originally Posted by doublem23

Uh, what? Tourists don't go to Cubs games to see the Cubs, they go there to see Wrigley Field. The experience of being at Wrigley is what allures so many of them. If the Cubs were a good team and people wanted to see them play, you can get MLB.tv for an entire season for the same price as a hotel room in Rosemont, which is, again, not at all designed for people to walk around, unless you're now building private skywalks from every hotel to the new park as well as the Blue Line stop.

Maybe I am dreaming that people actually like to see good baseball at a park not on Tv. I was also speaking of the convention/business traveler that is in a rosemont hotel. Going to a ball game that is right down the street would be a real possibility.

Regarding the skywalks, I wouldnt rule that out with rosemont the city of gold. A tram could be possible and a dedicated shuttle lane on game day would be a easy solution.

[DSpivack]

Originally Posted by Noneck

Maybe I am dreaming that people actually like to see good baseball at a park not on Tv. I was also speaking of the convention/business traveler that is in a rosemont hotel. Going to a ball game that is right down the street would be a real possibility.

Regarding the skywalks, I wouldnt rule that out with rosemont the city of gold. A tram could be possible and a dedicated shuttle lane on game day would be a easy solution.

Rosemont is a secondary convention venue, plus the whole convention line to bring people into a ballpark is way overrated. As a tourist draw, there might not be a better pull in the world than Wrigley Field. At Wrigley, people don't care if the baseball is good or not. They would at Generic Suburban Park.

[DumpJerry]

Originally Posted by DSpivack

Rosemont is a secondary convention venue, plus the whole convention line to bring people into a ballpark is way overrated. As a tourist draw, there might not be a better pull in the world than Wrigley Field. At Wrigley, people don't care if the baseball is good or not. They would at Generic Suburban Park.

The impression I got from the story on Channel 5 was that they would build a replica of Wrigley.

Heck, the town might alter the Building Code to allow for troughs in the mens room.

[DSpivack]

Originally Posted by DumpJerry

The impression I got from the story on Channel 5 was that they would build a replica of Wrigley.

Heck, the town might alter the Building Code to allow for troughs in the mens room.

Even still, it would not have the same appeal to the vast majority of tourists and non-Cubs fans.

[Noneck]

Originally Posted by DumpJerry

Heck, the town might alter the Building Code to allow for troughs in the mens room.

If thats what the cubs want I bet rosemont would do whatever is possible to accommodate it.

[Noneck]

Originally Posted by DSpivack

Rosemont is a secondary convention venue, plus the whole convention line to bring people into a ballpark is way overrated. As a tourist draw, there might not be a better pull in the world than Wrigley Field. At Wrigley, people don't care if the baseball is good or not. They would at Generic Suburban Park.

Another draw will be from tourists going to the new designer mall. What I have heard is that it will be something really special. Mom and the girls come in to go to the mall while dad and the boys go to a ball game. Many different possibilities of getting out of towners to the ballpark.

[FielderJones]

Originally Posted by DumpJerry

The impression I got from the story on Channel 5 was that they would build a replica of Wrigley.

Heck, the town might alter the Building Code to allow for troughs in the mens room.

Would the million-or-so tourists who come to town to see a century-old ballpark really flock to a replica?

Now, as much as I'd love to see the Ricketts group make this colossal mistake, they can't be that dumb, can they?

[Nellie_Fox]

Living outside of the Chicago area, I hear it all the time. "We're going to Chicago, and we're going to go see Wrigley Field." Note that it's not "going to see the Cubs," it's "going to see Wrigley Field." Tourists would not say "we're going to go see the new replica of Wrigley Field that they built out by the airport."