Wrigley Field

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Wrigley Field is a historic Major League Baseball ballpark in Chicago best known as the longtime home of the Chicago Cubs and its iconic ivy-covered outfield walls.


Statements (53)
Predicate Object
instanceOf baseball stadium
sports venue
tourist attraction
address 1060 West Addison Street
architect Zachary Taylor Davis
brokeGround 1913
city Chicago
country United States
designatedChicagoLandmark 2004
division National League Central
feature hand-operated scoreboard
ivy-covered outfield walls
red marquee over the main entrance
rooftop seating on neighboring buildings
firstNightGameDate 1988-08-08
formerName Cubs Park
Weeghman Park
hasOutfieldWallCovering Boston ivy
hasOutfieldWallMaterial brick
hasScoreboard center-field manual scoreboard
historicDesignation Chicago Landmark
homeStadiumOf Chicago Cubs
hostedEvent All-Star Game
NHL Winter Classic
World Series games
college football games
concerts
installedLights 1988-08-08
league Major League Baseball
locatedIn Chicago
Illinois
North Side, Chicago
nearIntersection Clark Street and Addison Street
neighborhood Lakeview
Wrigleyville
NHLWinterClassicYear 2009
notableFor being one of the oldest MLB ballparks
historic neighborhood setting
ivy-covered outfield walls
oneOfOldestMLBStadiums true
opened 1914-04-23
openedForCubs 1916
operator Chicago Cubs
originalName Weeghman Park
owner Chicago Cubs
primaryTenant Chicago Cubs
publicTransit Addison station (CTA Red Line)
renamed Wrigley Field
renamedAfter William Wrigley Jr.
seatingCapacity around 41000
state Illinois
surface natural grass
zipCode 60613

Referenced by (42)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Lakeview
Wrigleyville, Chicago
hasLandmark
Clark Street and Addison Street ("Wrigley Field marquee")
Clark Street and Addison Street ("statue of Ernie Banks")
hasNearbyLandmark
2008–09 NHL season ("Winter Classic played at Wrigley Field")
Chicago Cubs ("Steve Bartman incident")
notableEvent
Clark Street and Addison Street
adjacentTo
1060 Project
associatedWith
North Siders
associatedWithHistoricBallpark
Chicago Cubs
ballpark
Cubs–Cardinals rivalry
ballpark1
1933 NFL season
championshipGameVenue
Ricketts family
controls
2016 World Series
CubsHomeBallpark
Zachary Taylor Davis
designed
Sloan Park
designInspiredBy
Chicago Bears–Minnesota Vikings rivalry
formerHomeStadiumOfChicagoBears
Wrigley Field ("Cubs Park")
formerName
Weeghman Park
formerNameOf
Clark Street and Addison Street
formsCornerOf
2016 World Series
Game3Venue
2016 World Series
Game4Venue
2016 World Series
Game5Venue
1929 World Series
gamePlayedAt
Wrigleyville, Chicago
hasCentralFeature
Chicago, Illinois, United States
hasStadium
North Siders
homeBallparkOfTeam
Crosstown Classic
homeBallparkTeam1
Chicago Cubs
homeStadium
Curse of the Billy Goat
homeStadiumInvolved
Clark the Cub
homeVenue
1060 Project
location
Wrigleyville, Chicago
namedAfter
William Wrigley Jr.
namesakeOf
Addison station (CTA Red Line)
nearbyLandmark
NHL Winter Classic
notableVenue
Zachary Taylor Davis
notableWork
Wrigley Field
renamed
Addison station (CTA Red Line)
serves
Ernie Banks
statueLocation
Weeghman Park
successorName
2008–09 NHL season
WinterClassicVenue

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