I'd love to see the Gophers get the game at Wrigley just due to the unique nature of the game.
I'm a bit puzzled as to why we're a candidate, but I'll take it.
Some of the charm of Wrigley Field has been dissipated by the renovations although locals don't necessarily share that opinion. A good friend in Chicago who splits a Cubs season ticket package very much wants the new features. He looks on with envy when at Target Field, and for that matter at The Bank, wanting better facilities at home.
When the Bears played at Wrigley Field from 1921-1970, the sidelines ran parallel to the third base/left field line. The addition of seats behind the backstop rendered that configuration impossible when Northwestern and Illinois played there a few years ago, so the sidelines ran parallel to the first base/right field line instead. That's when the issue of the lack of slow down room in the right field end zone led to the decision to only have teams play towards the opposite end zone. How is the proposed renovation going to fix this? If the same configuration is to be used. it would mean tearing down some of the brick wall and historic ivy, something that wasn't altered even during the renovations meant to favor baseball. That part of the field was so tight the goalpost had to be anchored to the wall because there was no room to insert it in the ground.
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