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CHICAGO CUBS: Wrigley Field
Let Fenway Park and Yankee Stadium fight over the distinction of being the signature ballpark in the American League, because in the National League the choice for that honor is clear: Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs.
A trip to a Chicago Cubs game doesn’t start when you hand over your precious Cubs tickets (for two straight seasons, every single game has been sold out well in advance). It begins when you venture into Wrigleyville, the quaint neighborhood around Wrigley that starts to bustle on game day. But here’s a tip: don’t drive your car to Wrigley. Being in a residential neighborhood makes the stadium quaint, but it also makes parking very scarce and very expensive. Take the El-that’s what the locals call the elevated train/subway system. You’ll also come out cheaper if you take a cab and ask to be let out within walking distance. Cabs will be plentiful after the game.
Wrigley Field seating is as old as the stadium, and that’s both good and bad. Wrigley was built in 1914, and some seats in both the upper and lower deck have obstructed views (look for “Limited View” printed on the ticket). But if you don’t have a metal pole in your way, Wrigley’s lower deck seats are some of the closest in the majors to the field of play. Foul territory is nonexistent in the right and left field corners-just ask Steve Bartman, the celebrated goat of the 2003 NLCS who interfered with a pop fly. The Chicago Cubs bullpen is located down the left field line, and members of the ‘pen will be sitting right in front of you if you’re in section 7 or 8, and the visitors will be directly in front of you if you’re in section 34 or 35.
Reading a list of historic Wrigley Field moments is like paging through a baseball encyclopedia: Babe Ruth called his shot (or did he?) here in the 1932 World Series, Ernie Banks hit his 500th home run in 1970, Kerry Wood struck out 20 batters against the Houston Astros in 1998, and the 1947, 1962, and 1990 All-Star Games were played here. The Chicago Cubs ownership group added lights to the stadium in 1988, making it the last park in the majors to play night baseball. Fittingly, the first night game, played on Aug. 8, 1988, was called on account of rain.
Capacity: 39,538
Year Built: 1914
2004 attendance: 39,138 per game average; 3,170,184 total
Dimensions: 355 to left, 368 to left-center, 400 to center, 368 to right-center, 353 to right
Hotels Nearby: Majestic Hotel, City Suites Hotel, Best Western Hawthorne Terrace, The Willows Hotel
Thrill of victory: October 3, 2003: It looked like a dynasty in the making. Youngster Mark Prior pitched the Chicago Cubs to a 3-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves, giving the Cubs a 2-1 lead in the National League Division Series and moving them just one game from the NLCS (they’d eventually win the series in five games with a win over Atlanta at Turner Field).
Agony of defeat: October 14, 2003: Picking an agony of defeat moment at Wrigley Field is difficult, because the Cubs seem to find new ways to break the hearts of their fans every season. But this is the most recent. Leading the NLCS 3 games to 2 over the upstart Florida Marlins, the Cubs had Mark Prior on the mound and a 3-0 lead in the eighth inning. But five outs from printing World Series tickets for the first time since 1945, everything unraveled.
Cubs Ticket Tips: Chicago Cubs ticket options are vast. For the true Wrigley Field experience, take in a game from the bleachers, where fans throw back home run balls from opposing teams and razz opposing outfielders. If you’re after a closer view, try to wrangle a seat in the brand new Dugout Box section, which offer some of the closest (and priciest) seats to the field in the majors. The Cubs’ biggest rivals are the St. Louis Cardinals and series between those teams always draw raucous crowds. In recent years, the rivalry with the Milwaukee Brewers has also grown more heated.