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Cubs Planning To Build Bunker Suites At Wrigley Field As Part Of Renovation

The Cubs as part of the club's four-year, $575M Wrigley Field overhaul want to "build 'bunker suites' below the stands near the Cubs dugout and down the third base line," according to documents cited by Hopkins & Sachdev of the CHICAGO TRIBUNE. The three suites "are shown on architectural drawings and described in an eight-page document summarizing the team's bleachers revisions and construction phases." The records "reveal more about the Cubs' plans than the team has said publicly." The records also "provide more details on an upper-level concourse just below the roof line, which will be a conduit between patios and allow fans to walk the length of the ballpark along Clark and Addison streets." Cubs VP/Communications & Community Affairs Julian Green said that the suites beneath the stadium "will not have views of the field but will lead to seating areas." He said that the suites' use "hasn't been determined." The documents "offered other construction plan details." The team "will look to increase signage where it already exists." There are LED boards on the right- and left-field portions of the upper level fascia, "as well as the underside of the upper-level roof." The club also "will add at least 10 elevators" (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 8/4).

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