the cubs played at west side grounds before wrigley field.
the cubs played at west side grounds before wrigley field.
where did the cubs play before wrigley field?
west side grounds
in late 1915, weeghman's federal league folded. the resourceful weeghman formed a syndicate including the chewing gum manufacturer william wrigley jr. to buy the chicago cubs from charles p. taft for about $500,000. weeghman immediately moved the cubs from the dilapidated west side grounds to his two-year-old park.









































in 1918, wrigley acquired the controlling interest in the club. in november 1926, he renamed the park "wrigley field". in 1927, an upper deck was added, and in 1937, bill veeck, the son of the club president, planted ivy vines against the outfield walls.









































section::::history.:renovation.
wrigley field
green was the first cubs executive to clash with the city of chicago over the installation of lights in wrigley field. green was a strong proponent of lights from the start of his tenure, but a city ordinance prohibited the cubs from installing lights in the residential lakeview neighborhood, where wrigley field was located. as green saw it, the issue was not lights or no lights, but stay at wrigley field or move to the suburbs. bluntly stating that "if there are no lights in wrigley field, there will be no wrigley field," he threatened to move the cubs to a new stadium in northwest suburban schaumburg or arlington heights. he also considered shutting down wrigley field for a year and playing at comiskey park as tenants of the chicago white sox, in hopes that the loss of revenue would temper or eliminate neighborhood opposition. green's stance changed the context of the debate, as even the staunchest opponents of installing lights did not want to be held responsible for the cubs leaving town. shortly before green's departure, the chicago city council and mayor harold washington approved a change to the ordinance, allowing the cubs to install lights in 1988. green also rebuilt the cubs' farm system with goldsberry, developing stars like shawon dunston, greg maddux, rafael palmeiro, jamie moyer, and mark grace. the cubs won a division title in .
dallas green (baseball)