The offseason work at Wrigley Field continues, and summer baseball has never looked so far away.
Here’s a shot of inside the stadium, where workers are constructing subterranean luxury areas, moving both dugouts further down the line, expanding the much smaller and outdated visitors’ side, and more:
Massive changes going on at Wrigley Field, aerial photo taken on 12/26/17 #cubs #wrigleyfield #chicagocubs pic.twitter.com/l3J6jtprw4
— Bryan Kroten (@bkroten) December 28, 2017
And here’s a shot of the work being done alongside/outside the left field wall. It’s not quite clear what exactly they’re working on here, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was more structural integrity/preserving the longevity of Wrigley-type-stuff:
Working outside Wrigley along Waveland. pic.twitter.com/uKdwepUAqZ
— Wrigley Aerials (@WrigleyAerials) December 27, 2017
How cold do you think these construction workers are?
Working under the covers at the right field wall. pic.twitter.com/HvzE2Kixd4
— Wrigley Aerials (@WrigleyAerials) December 26, 2017
If you have a second, click and expand each of the following three pictures, because WOW. If you can’t tell, this is the third base side of the stadium (i.e. the home field dugout) and it is absolutely unrecognizable.
These pictures reminds me of one of those “cross-section” images of a building:
Pouring some concrete at Wrigley Field. pic.twitter.com/vQMQ3JAnyb
— Wrigley Aerials (@WrigleyAerials) December 26, 2017
It’s so strange to see into Wrigley Field like that, and while it looks cool … I still can’t wait until it’s all wrapped up and looking green again.
And not that I would’ve expected anything else, but clearly the Ricketts Family and the Cubs are investing in Wrigley Field for the long haul. I’m very glad to see the necessary work get done, no matter how strange it looks from above. It sure seems like Wrigley Field will be here for a very long time. As it should be.
The Cubs’ home opener is Monday, April 9 against the Pirates, so the crews have a little over three months to get things ship shape. Plenty of time, right?