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That's nice. I'm sure the number of people for whom that is the case are dwarfed by the number of tourists who flock to Chicago every year to see Wrigley Field, as well as the number of permanently drunk bros who live within walking distance of the park and attend who knows how many games each season.
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Second, you're convienently lopping off the tourist draw, which is the golden goose in this conversation. The Sox built a park that in every way caters to the suburban crowd; more central location, right next to a 16-lane superhighway, within walking distance of 3 train lines, all of which are closer to downtown than the trek up the Red Line to Wrigley... and the Cubs trounce us in attendance nowadays because of the Wrigley Field factor. It's a pretty sizable gamble to roll the dice on losing a cash cow tourist trap in favor of the traditionally fickle suburban family demographic. And third, any sensible person can read the writing on the wall... Poverty in the suburbs (especially the inner ring suburbs like, say, Rosemont and its immediate neighbors) is increasing while population has been falling, fuel costs are increasing, people are driving less, etc... Even if you remove the whole "Shrine" element that they'd be throwing away, this would be a catastrophically short-sighted move that would go down as one of the worst in professional sports history.
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Maybe the Cubs could hit the storied 4-million mark if they'd just move to the suburbs!
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I do love how some of the Cubs faithful in the Chicago media basically say, "Don't they get that its the area around the park, the bars, walking to the train, that's what the fans go to see/experience?"
Yeah, we get it. Team=secondary concern. Ricketts better wake up and realize he's bought a money pit. Might make money for May/June; but unless he really puts a strong winning team together, that ballpark is going to be half empty after July 1.
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Lordy, the Tribune is beating this angle to death. Who says they still don't have a vested interest in the Cubbies? Chances of the Cubbies going to Rosemont are slim and none and Slim just left by the side door.
Mod edit to remove political statement.
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