Cubs propose new billboards on buildings across from ballpark; new apartment building also planned

Cubs propose new billboards on buildings across from ballpark

CHICAGO -- The rooftops outside Wrigley Field may soon look a little different – as the Cubs are hoping to put up billboards on the buildings they own across from the stadium.Ald. Bennett Lawson on Wednesday introduced an ordinance to allow signs on two of the rooftops owned by the Ricketts family that do not include private clubs.A Coca-Cola sign would go up on the building at 1040 W. Waveland Ave., and a Benjamin Moore paint sign would top the building at 3623 N. Sheffield Ave.

The buildings that would be torn down – which are not owned by the Ricketts family – are located at 3627, 3631, and 3633 N. Sheffield Ave.The building at 3633 N. Sheffield Ave. houses the Lakeview Baseball Club, which notes that it opened as the first Wrigley Field rooftop establishment in 1988.

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