Cubs officials on Saturday "unveiled the last major stage" of Wrigley Field's five-year renovation, according to Tim Bannon of the CHICAGO TRIBUNE. Work on the "1060 project," named for the ballpark's address, began soon after the '14 season. The upper deck has been "expanded to include outdoor concourses, roughly four times the size of the old Jim Beam patio, now taken over by the Catalina Club." The right-field concourse will open for today's game against the Pirates, but concessions "won't be ready until May 1." Cubs VP/Wrigley Field Restoration & Expansion Carl Rice said that they have "doubled the number of restrooms and concessions." He also said that the visitor's clubhouse "has been renovated, roughly doubling the size." Ticket holders for the Catalina Club, a new premium suite, have "access to the club, the patio and 400 padded upper-deck seats behind home plate." The Makers' Mark Barrel Room will "accommodate approximately 250 season ticket holders and offer views (through hidden panels) of the visiting team's batting tunnels." Meanwhile on the third-base side, the new W Club will "accommodate 250 season ticket holders and offer views of the Cubs' batting tunnels" (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 4/7).
