Five years of construc- CLASSICtion at is FINISH almost complete. The pri- vately funded upgrades cost $760 million. (2018 photo, courtesy Pepper Construction)

26 FEBRUARY 2019 CUBS CLOSE OUT REBUILD OF WRIGLEY FIELD WITH THREE NEW CLUBS, SUITE RENOVATIONS CLASSICFINISH BY DON MURET

FEBRUARY 2019 27 Hotel Zachary, named for Wrigley Field’s original architect, Zachary Taylor Zachary architect, Field’s for original Wrigley named Hotel Zachary, restaurants. and bars shops, retail plus store, ateam and administration Cubs’ the containing building o—ce asix-story Way and plaza Gallagher evolved into which Field, side Wrigley out- upgrades major about talked rst Co., Tribune by owned then Cubs, the since to 20 years close been It has million. for $900 Cubs the bought generation.” next it for the preserve we to had we but knew we expected, than bigger It was project. abig be it We would knew infrastructure. the touched and ever gone in really had No one maintenance. decades ofdeferred been “There’s literally Ricketts. 2009. since Cubs the owned has which family, Ricketts the by funded privately all million, of$760 investment atotal into project million a$300 evolved from has it time, Over St. W. 1060 Field’s Addison address, Wrigley after named suites. park’s 60 for the renovations completing and clubs premium new ofthree construction the on focuses o€season This park. ofthe part every virtually updated having line, nish the nearing are Cubs ’s League Major eld, left in ofavideoboard installation the bleachers and the ballpark. 105-year-old Cubs’ for the massive overhaul of Wrigley Field, the the Field, ofWrigley overhaul massive for the SIGHT IN IS END HE Those improvements opened over the past few years. Across the street, street, the Across few years. past over the opened improvements Those Rickettses the after soon 10 years, go back almost plans renovation The Tom love,” Chairman some needed Cubs Wrigley said that “We knew Project, 1060 overall ofthe part is 5, Phase called work, current The of rebuilding the with began ofrenovations phase rst the after Four years Airlines 1914 Club, which which Club, 1914 Airlines opened at Wrigley Field Field Wrigley at opened drinks at the American American the at drinks A bartender serves serves A bartender in 2018.

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COURTESY PEPPER CONSTRUCTION A lot of time and money was spent cor- “If you were look to at the structural cross Despite the complications, theCubs made “They didn’t make it easy for CAA he Icon,” recting structural deterioration that wasn’t necessarily in the budget begin to with, he said. In many cases, it meant strengthening the foundations before adding more struc- tural load with new construction. section of the ballpark, you would never build that it like today withsupport columns that go through the seating Higgins bowl,” said. “With the help of (structural engineer) Thornton Tomasetti, we had devise to a logistics plan with sequences in every zone. Everything had start to from the bottom up. The project has taken longer than they wanted but it to, after the sequencing plan was worked out, it was going take to (‹ive to six years) do to everything.” smart decisions at every turn and it has paid off for the historic venue. The sold-out Amer- ican Airlines 1914 Club is one of the ‹inest premium lounges in sports, said Romani, whose portfolio covers $8 billion in sports construction over his 27-year career. said. “We had react to very quickly and make a lot of changes but on the every ‹ly, one of them was the — Don right thing Muret do.” to Scheduling, necessary made repairs a special challenge project Wrigley TheCubs hired CAA Icon as owner’s repre- Working on Wrigley upgrades project has “We kind of knew what we were getting department store Marshall Field’s, which be- came Macy’s in 2006. Higgins has been in- volved with Wrigley upgrades since fall 2010, when he took the Cubs’ ‹irst phone call. At the time, the Cubs formed team” a “dream of architectsand urban planners that includ- ed consultant Janet Marie Smith and DAIQ, designer of restorations Park Fenway to and Rose Bowl . The Cubs eventually handed the project Populous to design to the premium clubs and suite renovations, among improvements. other sentative, a ‹irm headed Tim by Romani. The central native and lifelong Cub fan got his start developing a new ballpark for the , now called , that opened in 1991. been a labor of love for Romani. Romani said.into,” “The challenge was deal- ing with the physical aging of the building. It’s if you like bought a 100-year-old home and you need restore to it. Every time you open up a wall do to something you minor, ‹ind something that turns it a major into thing. encountered We a lot of that along the thatway there was foresee.” no to way FEBRUARY 2019 FEBRUARY

HE FIVEYEAR REBUILD of Wrigley Field became a tricky pro- cess, tied intricate to sequences for scheduling major construction inside a century-old stadium,

Pepper Construction crews build new club lounge spaces beneath the stands at Wrigley Field.

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project o€icials said. offs the past four seasons, putting additional pressure on Pepper Construction, the team’s general contractor. In 2016, the year the Cubs won the , the builder had a short 20 weeks of offseason ‹inish to con- struction, which included clearing space be- hind home plate build to the 7,200-square- foot 1914 Club. depending how well the team does in the previous fall, the end of the season can be anywhere said from Scott Oct. 1,” Nov. 1 to Higgins, Pepper Construction’s senior vice president. “Fortunately for the project team, not (advancing) in the playoffs beyond the wild-card game last fall was a blessing in disguise, because it gave us the extra time we really need this winter accomplish to everything they’ve asked us do.” to Chicago landmarks such as the Chicago Art Institute, the Palmer House Hilton hotel and T

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— your friends at CONTINUED FROM PAGE 34 ifornia coast. William Wrigley Jr., who owned the Cubs at that time, bought the island in 1919 and shipped the team more to the corporate patron entertaining guests at the to Catalina on vessels from the Wilmington Transporta- ballpark. Historically, season-ticket holders sitting behind tion Co., which he also purchased. Wilmington ¥ew a ¥ag the visitors’ dugout appreciate seeing great players from with the letter W on its ships, a tradition that eventually other teams competing at Wrigley, Blackburn said. migrated east to Wrigley Field, as reported by the Chicago Inside the 4,100-square-foot barrel room, the Maker’s Tribune. The Cubs ¥y a W ¥ag from the manually operated Mark brand is subtly reinforced through the single red in center ‘eld after every home victory. chairs at every four-top table, providing a nod to the red Catalina Club theming includes the nautical alphabet wax topping every bottle of the Kentucky bourbon. The with letters spelling out Cubs, Stover said. It’s among the club’s televisions all display in black and white, in keeping storylines connecting fans to those three decades of spring with the Chicago speakeasy theme, Stover said. training on Catalina Island, which is now largely a vacation In the upper deck, the 3,900-square-foot Catalina Club resort destination. connects to about 400 seats. The design and ‘nishes are “It seems absurd that we would have a nautical-themed more casual compared with the three subterranean clubs, club space at Wrigley Field, but there are so many signs but those patrons have access to a large outdoor deck behind within the ballpark that kind of point back to that that his- the lounge overlooking the corner of and Addison. tory,” Blackburn said. “The ¥agpoles in center ‘eld were Fans sitting in the upper deck tend to be older season-ticket built to represent the mast of a ship. This club is built for holders dating to before the Cubs became a national draw the fans that love everything about the traditions and the on cable superstation WGN in the 1980s. They appreciate perspective that space provides.” the history behind the space, Blackburn said. Ricketts con‘rmed the Cubs have some more plans “As we looked at the research of who likes to sit up there on the drawing board for redeveloping the old Audi Club and what the Cubs’ history of that era really means, we and the DraftKings Fantasy Sports Zone bar, both in were standing in the space and there was this moment the right-‘eld corner. The blueprints call for a potential where we looked out toward and a tiny 15,000-square-foot club, Higgins said. To this point, CAA sailboat went across the horizon,” Blackburn said. “We all Icon has not been assigned future projects, Romani said. looked at each other said, ‘This is the Catalina Club.’” “I give the Ricketts family (and Cubs executives) Crane For now, anyway. The Cubs are marketing Kenney and Carl Rice an incredible amount of credit,” for both the Catalina and W clubs, Blackburn said. he said. “The renovations were bold and not inexpensive, The Catalina link dates to Cubs spring training from the but they were committed to preserving Wrigley Field and 1920s to the early 1950s held at Catalina Island o¨ the Cal- doing it with historic reverence.”

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36 FEBRUARY 2019 This is no ordinary ballpark. It’s a home - a place where magic happens. Restoring this historic icon is more than engineering and hard work. It’s an opportunity to ensure future generations can experience the wonder of Wrigley Field.