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Elite Street | By Bob Goldsborough | Retired Chicago Cubs catcher Todd Hundley has put his six-bedroom home in Glenview on the market for $1.799 million.
Hundley, 41, played in the major leagues from 1990 until 2003, including with the Cubs in 2001 and 2002. Get the full story »
ELITE STREET | By Bob Goldsborough | Chicago Cubs outfielder Kosuke Fukudome and his wife have paid $1.44 million to buy a three-bedroom Streeterville condo. Get the full story »
A proposed rendering of the renovations at Wrigley. (Handout)
By Alejandra Cancino and Kathy Bergen | Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts on Monday told the Tribune’s editorial board he doesn’t have a Plan B to come up with $200 million if the state rejects his proposal to borrow that money in a bond offering.
The money will be used to make extensive renovations at Wrigley Field, including repairs of the dilapidated concourses beneath the field, better amenities for players and more bathrooms, he said.
The Cubs’ proposal calls for the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, which owns U.S. Cellular Field, to float $200 million to $300 million in bonds. The bonds would be paid back over 35 years through amusement taxes that Wrigley Field patrons pay. Get the full story »
(Tribune file)
The owner of the Chicago Cubs is asking the state to help finance more than $200 million in renovations at Wrigley Field that will ensure the team stays at the historic ballpark for the next 35 years.
The Ricketts family, which purchased the team last year from Tribune Co. in a deal valued at $845 million, has pledged that the project will not be financed by new taxes or an increase in existing taxes, but it would redirect some future revenue to the stadium. Get the full story »
ELITE STREET | By Bob Goldsborough | Former Chicago Cubs pitcher Ted Lilly on Tuesday cut the asking price of his five-bedroom, 5,400-square-foot house just west of Wrigley Field from $2.4 million to $2.1 million. Lilly, 34, was traded by the Cubs to the Los Angeles Dodgers in late July. Get the full story »
Todd Ricketts (Jose M. Osorio/Tribune)
By Phil Rosenthal | Todd Ricketts apparently got himself fired from a Chicago Cubs maintenance job when he attempted to secretly work for the ballclub his family owns for the CBS show “Undercover Boss.”
CBS, which announced Monday that it plans to air the Ricketts episode Nov. 7, said he fights for the chance to redeem himself after getting canned on his second day on the job.
By Paul Sullivan | The Cubs are adding another premium pricing tier at Wrigley Field, but maintain the average 2011 ticket price will remain flat.
Cubs President Crane Kenney said the new “marquee” price tier will consist of 13 games, including Opening Day and three series against the Yankees, White Sox and Cardinals. The Cubs said these games will hacost an average 12 percent more, but the “average season ticket holder will (remain) flat,” because of the reductions in some platinum, gold, silver and bronze games.
