Based on a Thursday report from Bruce Levine on 670 The Rating, Wrigley Area, the historic dwelling of the Chicago Cubs, will host the MLB All-Star sport in 2027. Wrigley Area shall be 113 years outdated by the point it hosts the ’27 midsummer traditional. The Cubs haven’t hosted an All-Star weekend since 1990 (however Chicago hosted it in 2003 when the White Sox had it).
Wrigley Area underwent dramatic renovations and restorations between 2016 and ’18, and in more moderen years, areas across the ballpark have been the main focus. That has included elevated safety within the space close to the park, which is uniquely positioned contained in the house of only one metropolis block with residential and retail companies a stone’s throw away from all sides.
“The ultimate factor that the Chicago Cubs wanted to do [after major renovations] for Main League Baseball and Main League Baseball safety [to award them the All-Star game] is to get these bollards that are going to price the Cubs, town of Chicago and the State of Illinois $30 million to place up to have the ability to be the host and to have a safe, what Main League Baseball and their safety feels is a safe ballpark for an occasion just like the All-Star sport,” Levine shared on the airwaves Thursday.
It seems like that’s largely anticipated to move with the Cubs in line to be awarded the game officially this summer in keeping with Levine’s reporting.
The Cubs and Wrigley Area shall be awarded the 2027 MLB All-Star Recreation, @MLBBruceLevine reported on @SpiegsAndHolmes. pic.twitter.com/gAr8poNnzI
— 670 The Rating (@670TheScore) May 22, 2025
An ordinance was launched by Alderman Bennett Lawson (forty fourth Ward) to the Chicago Metropolis Council on Wednesday relating to the anti-terrorism grade bollards. The proposed ordinance can even search to widen the Addison Avenue sidewalks on the north facet of the stadium.
The city agreed to contribute up to $10 million, funded by the 2014 Cubs Fund for neighborhood enhancements, in keeping with the Chicago Solar-Instances.
A part of the reasoning for the bollards is that the stadium is so near streets that town has not allowed the Cubs to close down fully throughout occasions. Specifically, Addison, which runs east-west, and Clark, which runs north-south—the 2 streets intersect with each other the place the long-lasting marquee signal is—have remained open on sport days. Each are collector roads that transfer excessive volumes of visitors towards arterial roads like Ashland Avenue, Irving Park Highway, and Lake Shore Drive.
For previous large occasions, like Huge 10 hockey and the NHL Winter Basic earlier this yr, stationary vehicles blocked streets and pedestrian areas, however the bollards are anticipated to be extra everlasting fixtures of safety operations, if authorised.
The Cubs already close down Waveland and Sheridan with Meridian Archer gates on sport days as of the 2023 season. Town of Chicago makes use of Archer boundaries at Wrigley from time to time, that are moved across the metropolis as wanted.
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