Chicago Cubs Tickets Cherished for More Than 100 Years
The Chicago Cubs baseball team is one of the most famous in the world and is a favorite of millions of people in the Chicago area and right across the United States, Canada, and other parts of the baseball playing world. Many fans fondly refer to the team as “the Cubbies”, and getting Chicago Cubs tickets to a game at historic Wrigley Field is the dream of many a fan, young or old.
In the beginning the Cubs were actually called the Chicago White Stockings, ironic as that may seem, given that their cross-town American League rivals are today called the Chicago White Sox. The Chicago White Stockings played in the old National Association as early as 1871 and joined the new National League in 1876.
The team name was changed to the Colts and then in 1906 to the Cubs. Through all the changes in the team and in baseball generally, the Cubs are the only team to have continuously played in the same city since the beginning of the National League.
Despite their solid and stable attachment to Chicago, the Cubs have not won the World Series since 1908. They were able to win the league pennant in 1910, 1929, 1932, 1935, and 1945 but each time were defeated in the World Series. Those years featured some of the most colorful events in the history of baseball. Among them were Babe Ruth’s famous “called shot” home run (1932), and a string of 21 consecutive wins in September 1935 to win the pennant.
Since 1916 the Cubs have played in historic Wrigley Field. Visiting Wrigley Field is another reason to buy Chicago Cubs tickets. When it was built in 1914 Weegham Park as it was then known seated just over 14,000 fans. In 1926 it was renamed for its owner William Wrigley Jr., the chewing gum magnate. By 2006 it had been renovated several times and could seat 41,100 fans.
Wrigley Field will forever be identified with the Chicago Cubs. To a great extent this is due to some of its quirky features. Its outfield ivy-covered wall is the most famous and most easily recognized. Usually called the “outfield fence” in most parks, at Wrigley it is actually a brick wall. Many an outfielder has chased a ball into the ivy or slammed into the hard brick wall when going for a long fly ball.
The “rooftop seats” at Wrigley are another unique feature. Across the street behind the fairly low outfield bleachers are a number of buildings which today sport bleachers of their own. These bleachers are set up on the rooftops of those buildings and are actually outside the park. For years the existence of the rooftop seats was an irritant – especially when rooftop owners started charging admission. Eventually the Cubs’ owners agreed to a revenue sharing arrangement with the rooftop owners.
Today, fans can get tickets for Chicago Cubs games in a variety of locations and from a number of different ticket brokers. Perhaps the easiest way is to use an online Chicago Cubs ticket broker.
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