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Cubs, White Sox Ballpark Additions Come With High Price Tag For Fans

The Cubs and White Sox unveiled "fan additions" to their ballparks this season that are "both pricey and cushy -- and will take some getting used to," according to Paul Sullivan of the CHICAGO TRIBUNE. Wrigley Field's Catalina Club, a "new premium club built under the press box with access to the patio," costs $235-325 per game. The Maker’s Mark Barrel Room is "reserved for fans with seats near the visiting dugout" and has "a dozen flat-screen TVs on one wall and lots of old photos and newspaper clippings." Unlike the Catalina Club, you "can’t watch the actual game in the Barrel Room." The Cubs previously "used the space for postseason news conferences." The Barrel Room is priced from $395-495 per game. At Guaranteed Rate Field, The Goose Island has 326 seats, "including three rows of seats with white leather chairs, TVs, cup holders and charging stations." Tickets run from $23 for the "regular seats" to $100 for the "comfy chairs closer to the field." The "signature of the new section is a glaringly kitschy 10-foot-tall fiberglass goose hovering in the back near the beer stand." The Goose Island will "become a more popular destination, though $100 for a comfy chair with a phone charger seems a bit much" (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 4/14). Meanwhile, Sullivan notes the Cubs "finally got around to renovating" the visitors’ side clubhouse in time for the '19 season, and so far it has "received rave reviews from the Pirates and Angels" (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 4/15).

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