These box seats taken before a game at Wrigley Field seem to stretch on forever
Wrigley field, the historic home of the Chicago Cubs, is set to be bought this baseball off-season. It has been reported that billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks is set to offer more than one-billion dollars to the Chicago Tribune for the Chicago Cubs and their long time home.
Wrigley Field is considered by many to be one of the great baseball stadiums in existence. The Chicago Cubs have been playing baseball there since 1916 and have not won a World Series since 1908 which has earned the Cubs the nickname, "Lovable Losers''.
The venerable stadium can hold 41,118 fans. It was also the last stadium in Major League Baseball to play a night game. Lights were not installed in at the park until 1988.
Despite the fact that Chicago was not fielded a World Series winner in one hundred years a ticket into to see them play is still tough to find. The Cubs play in front of an average crowd of more than 40,700 fans and are widely supported in Chicago despite the fact that Chicago's other baseball team, the White Sox, won a World Series just a few years ago.
The people who go to the games at Wrigley field are largely employed in healthcare, real estate, manufacturing, finance, and professional services. The social life that exists outside of baseball in Chicago is made up largely of the more than fifty museums and two-hundred theaters Chicago has to offer. There are also literally hundreds of bars and clubs that offer an entertaining night out on the town. Jazz earned its name in Chicago and there are many authentic jazz clubs which offer some of the best live music that can be heard anywhere in the country.
According to realestate.com the median income in Chicago is $43,696 dollars per year. The average house in Chicago will cost from $171,000 dollars to upwards of $3,000,000 dollars based on the neighborhood and type of dwelling purchased.
Chicago is a large city with a population of more than three-million people and as such there are several distinct neighborhoods. The crime rates are significant in the inner city and decrease as one moves toward the suburbs. This is true of all large cities in the United States.
Chicago has a very friendly business climate and such firms as; McDonalds, Sears, Boeing, Kraft, Allstate, and Motorola are headquartered there and their employees continue to visit the friendly confines of Wrigley Field in Chicago in record numbers.
