Miller Park - Home of the Cubs?

[bork]

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/cubs-confirm-bleachers-won-t-be-ready-by-opening-day-203145353.html

 

The Wrigley Field bleachers won't be ready until May. Interesting that they looked at moving home games to Miller Park, but decided to play with 4500 fewer seats instead.

[trwi7]

Wouldn't it be easier to hook up with the White Sox if they would've decided to move games? Just looking at the schedule the Brewers would have conflicts in the opening series of the year where the Cubs would probably have to play a couple of early afternoon games so it wouldn't conflict with the Brewers night games.

 

Looking at the Cubs and White Sox schedules, I'm surprised they wouldn't go there. Stay in the same city and there's not a single White Sox home game that conflicts with a Cubs home game. Whenever the Cubs are at home, the White Sox are on the road and vice versa through at least the beginning of May.

 

Why make the fans drive 90 miles north and the players for that matter when there's an empty stadium literally in your own backyard.

[pete]

Is it quicker for fans to go to US Cellurar than Miller? I've read chatter that its quicker for Cubs fans in the Northern suburbs to go to Miller than Wrigley. Parking is 40 to 50 as well.

 

Regardless, I'm glad they aren't doing it.

[jerichoholicninja]

[sarcasm]They want more no-hitters.[/sarcasm]

 

I would think the roof and guarantee of a game is why they would want to play in Miller Park.

[folly412]

[sarcasm]They want more no-hitters.[/sarcasm]

 

They had a Milwaukee native on Sports Jeopardy a week or two ago. Thought that was cool until he said his favorite sports memory was that no-hitter.

[thebruce44]

Is it quicker for fans to go to US Cellurar than Miller? I've read chatter that its quicker for Cubs fans in the Northern suburbs to go to Miller than Wrigley. Parking is 40 to 50 as well.

 

Regardless, I'm glad they aren't doing it.

 

Depends on traffic, but if you take Metra/CTA or all CTA it would be much faster to go to the Southside of Chicago than Milwaukee. I would think the cutoff is somewhere around the border of Lake and Cook Countys. I would think the majority of Cubs fans are south of that line.

[thebruce44]

It could also be the additional stress twice as many home games would place on the neighborhood. Bridgeport gets pretty busy during games and its not set up like Lakeview with bars and younger people everywhere.