While the Chicago Cubs and the city haggle over stadium renovations, the mayor of Rosemont pitches a new plan, for a new stadium.
Bradley Stephens tells Comcast SportsNet he’d give the Cubs 25 acres of land to build a replica of Wrigley Field.
Rosemont spokesman Gary Mack says the mayor is not interested in undercutting negotiations between the Cubs and the city, but the offer is on the table.
A Ricketts family spokesman says they appreciate the gesture, but the priority now is getting a deal done in Chicago.
18 Comments to “Rosemont mayor pitches new stadium for Cubs”
March 19, 2013 at 11:20 AM
Figures – let an outsider buy up Chicago property and they want to destroy it. All Nebraska does is tear down and replace. They don't know how to fix and renovate.
March 19, 2013 at 11:24 AM
yes!yes!yes!
March 19, 2013 at 11:36 AM
I don't think that would ever happen. The backlash from residents on the North Side of the city would be intense.
March 19, 2013 at 11:36 AM
NO WAY, NOT A GOOD IDEA:| YOU CAN NOT REPLICATE WRIGLEYVILLE IN ANOTHER TOWN, NOTHING AGAINST ROSEMONT . CUBS= WRIGLEY 4 EVER!!! AND WE DON'T WANT WOO WOO TO GET WACKED EITHER!!!
March 19, 2013 at 11:51 AM
Keep the losers in Chicago.
March 19, 2013 at 12:06 PM
Yes…if the city will not play ball then move to Rosemont with a new state of the art replica with…her is a novel idea PARKING!
March 19, 2013 at 12:08 PM
This may be the only way the Cubs win the World Series.
March 19, 2013 at 12:26 PM
yes!!!! then wrigleyville lawns will be safe, no noise at nite, crime and vagrancy can return, no more yuppies in the street, land values will go down, the alderman can go back to just part time hours, the city could buy the land back from ricketts and build outrageously priced condos/ strip malls. and baseball will thrive in a suburb of chicago!!!! wow!!!
March 20, 2013 at 7:16 AM
are you a cub fan…prbly not because you dnt know the history and tradition of wrigley field…i got an idea lets tear down notre dame stadium and build an exact replica somewhere else in indana
March 19, 2013 at 12:31 PM
You cannot run a major league team with the local Alderman putting the handcuffs on you. You can't run a major league team with the community and the roof tops telling you what you can and cannot do. The Cubs should take the offer and run to Rosemont. The fans will come, and once they realize how easy it is to get there and park, the Cubs will realize even more fans. Wrigely Field has out grown it's usefullness and no amount of upgrades can change what it is. Tear it down and put up condos, or what the City needs even more, Taverns!
March 21, 2013 at 5:05 AM
are you kidding me? rosemont is not easy to get to, nor is it easy to park! whereas wrigley is a train and an el.
March 19, 2013 at 12:49 PM
Have the losers move to Australia or even further.
March 19, 2013 at 1:15 PM
get the hell out of there cubbies!!! it would be nice and that would teach those yubbies!!!
March 19, 2013 at 2:41 PM
Here's a better idea. Leave Illinois and go embarrass another state and city for a 100 years. The Chicago Cubs, mediocrity at best on a good year. The only farm team allowed to play at the major league level.
March 19, 2013 at 2:44 PM
Yes , with lower ticket pricing and lower food, beverages and parking prices. HEY HEY !!!
March 19, 2013 at 2:57 PM
Move cubs move, move cubs move, hey Rosemont now what do ya say, I hope the Cubs will move today!
March 20, 2013 at 2:45 PM
i dnt want the cubs to move away from all the traditions ive come to know and love, the red line, the ivy covered walls, the giant score board…lets think about this for a minute, lets admit the cubs are a .500 team at best, so what about the people who by tickets just because its wrigley. so you loose that money ticket prices will go up to pay for the new stadium. even though i think the said "build a replica" it wont be the same brand of cubs baseball. i know that you cant renovate and renovate and renovate wrigley forever, but lets first break the curse in wrigley. eventually the cubs will have to move away, i dont think its time yet
March 21, 2013 at 11:44 AM
Why spend the money to keep renovating Wrigley, Spend the money on a new ball park ,Don't make it a replica of Wrigley, Go to new design and start new winning traditions