{"id":694117,"date":"2010-03-17T13:33:39","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T17:33:39","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-10-04T11:31:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T15:31:24","slug":"cubs-asking-city-hall-to-allow-huge-lit-up-billboard-at-wrigley-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/694117","title":{"rendered":"Cubs asking City Hall to allow huge, lit-up billboard at Wrigley Field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From the Breaking Business News Center<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>The Chicago Cubs, in search of new advertising<br \/>\nrevenues, have asked the City of Chicago for permission to erect a<br \/>\n360-square-foot billboard above the left-field bleachers at Wrigley<br \/>\nField, an alderman said today.<br \/><\/br>\u00a0<br \/><\/br>The proposed sign would be 74<br \/>\n feet above the ground, altering the look of the team&#8217;s historic<br \/>\nstadium. Because Wrigley Field is designated a landmark, new signage has<br \/>\n to receive governmental approval. The Sun-Times first reported that the<br \/>\n Cubs have filed a permit application with the city.<\/p>\n<p>                    While the city has approved<br \/>\nsignage on the outfield walls and on the brick wall down the third base<br \/>\nline, the proposed billboard is &quot;definitely new territory,&quot; said Ald.<br \/>\nTom Tunney (44th ward), who oversees the ward where Wrigley Field is<br \/>\nlocated.<br \/><\/br>\u00a0<br \/><\/br>The height of the signage will be a concern, he said.<br \/>\nTunney wants to make sure the proposed billboard will not block fans&#8217;<br \/>\nviews of the surrounding neighborhood<\/p>\n<p>You can read more by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagobreakingbusiness.com\/2010\/03\/cubs-want-huge-illuminated-billboard-at-wrigley-field.html\">clicking here<\/a>.<br \/><\/br> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Breaking Business News Center: The Chicago Cubs, in search of new advertising revenues, have asked the City of Chicago for permission to erect a 360-square-foot billboard above the left-field bleachers at Wrigley Field, an alderman said today.\u00a0The proposed sign would be 74 feet above the ground, altering the look of the team&#8217;s historic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2515,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-694117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2Uzr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2515"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=694117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":795216,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694117\/revisions\/795216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}