Fodor's Expert Review Wrigley Field
The nation's second-oldest major league ballpark—venerable, ivy-covered Wrigley Field—hosted its first major league game in 1914 and has been home to the Chicago Cubs since 1916. The original scoreboard is still used (score-by-innings, players' numbers, strikes, outs, hits, and errors are all posted manually), and though renovations have modernized the park, the character that makes this place so special remains intact. If you look up along Sheffield and Waveland Avenues beyond the bleachers, you can see the rooftop patios where baseball fans pay high prices to cheer for the home team; devoted "ball hawks" sit in lawn chairs on Sheffield, waiting for foul balls to fly their way. While you're here, check out the Harry Caray statue commemorating the late Cubs announcer; at the seventh-inning stretch, fans sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" in his honor. Tours of the park and dugouts are given from April to October. Note that big-name concerts by the likes of Elton John and Bruce Springsteen... READ MORE
The nation's second-oldest major league ballpark—venerable, ivy-covered Wrigley Field—hosted its first major league game in 1914 and has been home to the Chicago Cubs since 1916. The original scoreboard is still used (score-by-innings, players' numbers, strikes, outs, hits, and errors are all posted manually), and though renovations have modernized the park, the character that makes this place so special remains intact. If you look up along Sheffield and Waveland Avenues beyond the bleachers, you can see the rooftop patios where baseball fans pay high prices to cheer for the home team; devoted "ball hawks" sit in lawn chairs on Sheffield, waiting for foul balls to fly their way. While you're here, check out the Harry Caray statue commemorating the late Cubs announcer; at the seventh-inning stretch, fans sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" in his honor. Tours of the park and dugouts are given from April to October. Note that big-name concerts by the likes of Elton John and Bruce Springsteen are also staged here when the team is out of town.
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