Renovations to Wrigley Field involved adding three new clubs, including "The W Club"CUBS
The Cubs expect "most of the work" with Wrigley Field's renovation project to be "complete sometime next summer," according to Tim Bannon of the CHICAGO TRIBUNE. Among the most significant upgrades are "new upper-deck concession areas and restrooms, three new clubs inside the park and a new bar where the former Captain Morgan Club/Draft Kings Fantasy Zone stood." The change that will "affect all fans, however, is the new section-row-seat numbering system." Cubs VP/Wrigley Field Restoration & Expansion Carl Rice said, "One of the things that we hear is that it’s a little confusing to find your seat here. This is going to be a major change ... a huge upgrade." The new plan will be "organized by section/row/seat, replacing the aisle/row/seat arrangement." Rice: "Very few stadiums use the aisle method." He added, "People are attached to various things, so there will be season ticket holders who are, I would imagine, attached to their seat numbers. But when they find out that it’s the same seat in the same location and that nothing else has changed, they’ll find the same Wrigley Field that they love." Another significant change will be to the "upper deck, which will be extended to include outdoor concourses with new concessions." The new left-field outdoor concourse is "scheduled to be ready for the home opener April 8." The right-field concourse is "expected to be ready in May." Rice said that there also will be a 60% "increase in restroom fixtures in the upper level" (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 11/15).
