This new season has seen many changes at Wrigley Field and around Wrigleyville.
If you’ve got the dough, the padded seats with club access definitely are the way to go.
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Up-close and personal look into the Cubs dugout, but still needs risers for better field view.
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Chicago is a foodie city. It’s about time the Cubs improved their fare.
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MLB pushed teams to extend netting to ends of dugouts. Improves safety. Enough said.
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Fast-food option always a plus, though push-button menus confusing to newbie fans.
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While average fans may never see it, the big spenders can relax in style and pig out on quality food.
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Less gridlock before and after games, souvenir shop now in perfect location near exit.
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Installed after first homestand for Joe Maddon’s view. When Maddon talks, business ops listens.
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Wrigleyville’s only boutique hotel includes patio with view of Wrigley. Pricey, but tourist-friendly.
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One of two elevators behind home plate reserved for suite holders, unnecessarily making fans heading to upper deck wait longer.
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Not a whole lot different than last year, but easier access for players. Visitors’ clubhouse coming next.
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The long and winding tunnel is gone, though already missed, like the old S-curve on Lake Shore Drive.
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The old ramps to the upper deck were navigable. Now they have stairs in some places for no apparent reason.
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Expanded dugouts led to smaller (but still expensive) seats in a few sections along the left and right field lines. Cubs need to rectify.
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Most unrecognizable sponsor name since Guaranteed Rate Field. “Park at Wrigley” would’ve sufficed.
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