The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as part of the National League (NL) Central division. The club plays its home games at Wrigley Field,which is located on Chicago's North Side. The Cubs are one of two major league teams based in Chicago;the other,the Chicago White Sox,are a member of the American League (AL) Central division. The Cubs,first known as the White Stockings,were a founding member of the NL in 1876,becoming the Chicago Cubs in 1903.
Wrigley Field is a stadium on the North Side of Chicago,Illinois. It is the ballpark of Major League Baseball's Chicago Cubs,one of the city's two MLB franchises. It first opened in 1914 as Weeghman Park for Charles Weeghman's Chicago Whales of the Federal League,which folded after the 1915 baseball season. The Cubs played their first home game at the park on April 20,1916,defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7–6 in 11 innings. Chewing gum magnate William Wrigley Jr. of the Wrigley Company acquired the Cubs in 1921. It was named Cubs Park from 1920 to 1926,before being renamed Wrigley Field in 1927. The stadium currently seats 41,649 people and is the second stadium to be named Wrigley Field,as a Los Angeles ballpark with the same name opened in 1925.
The Steve Bartman incident was a controversial play that occurred during a baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Florida Marlins on October 14,2003,at Wrigley Field in Chicago,Illinois,during Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2003 postseason. The play involved a spectator attempting to catch a fly ball and potentially affecting the outcome of the game.
Wrigley Rooftops is a name for the sixteen rooftops of residential buildings which have bleachers or seating on them to view baseball games or other major events at Wrigley Field. Since 1914 Wrigley roofs have dotted the neighborhood of Wrigleyville around Wrigley Field,where the Chicago Cubs play Major League Baseball. Venues on Waveland Avenue overlook left field,while those along Sheffield Avenue have a view over right field.
Thomas M. Tunney is an American politician and entrepreneur from Chicago,Illinois. From 2003 to 2023,he served as an alderman on the Chicago City Council. He represented the prominent 44th Ward of the city,which includes major tourist destinations,Northalsted and Wrigleyville neighborhoods. He was also vice mayor from 2019 to 2023.
Samuel Zell was an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist primarily engaged in real estate investment. Companies founded by or controlled by Zell include Equity Residential,Equity International,EQ Office,Covanta,Tribune Media,and Anixter.
John Joseph Ricketts is an American businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder,former CEO and former chairman of TD Ameritrade. He has a net worth of US$2.7 billion as of 2019 according to Forbes. He has pursued a variety of other entrepreneurial ventures including DNAinfo.com,High Plains Bison,The Lodge at Jackson Fork,and The American Film Company. Ricketts also engages in philanthropy through The Ricketts Art Foundation,Opportunity Education Foundation,The Cloisters on the Platte Foundation,and The Ricketts Conservation Foundation. He and his family have been the owners of the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball team since October 2009.
John Peter Ricketts is an American businessman and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Nebraska since 2023. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the 40th governor of Nebraska from 2015 to 2023.
Charles Henry Weeghman was a German American restaurant entrepreneur and sports executive. Beginning in 1901,he began opening quick-service lunch counters throughout downtown Chicago. After failing to acquire the St. Louis Cardinals baseball club in 1911,he became one of the founders of the upstart Federal League in 1913 as the owner of the Chicago Whales. In 1914,he built the baseball stadium that would later be known as Wrigley Field.
The following is a franchise history of the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball,a charter member of the National League who started play in the National Association in 1870 as the Chicago White Stockings. The Chicago National League Ball Club is the only franchise to play continuously in the same city since the formation of the National League in 1876. They are the earliest formed active professional sports club in North America,predating the team now known as the Atlanta Braves by one year. In their early history,they were called in the press the White Stockings,Orphans,Infants,Remnants and Colts before officially becoming "Cubs" in 1907.
NBC Sports Chicago is an American regional sports network that broadcasts regional coverage of professional sports teams in the Chicago metropolitan area,as well as college sports events and original sports-related news,discussion and entertainment programming. It is branded as part of the NBC Sports Regional Networks.
Thomas Stuart Ricketts is the Chairman of the Chicago Cubs,and the Chairman,co-founder and former CEO of Incapital LLC,a firm that provides securities firms and individual investors more efficient access to corporate bonds. Together with his sister Laura and brothers Pete and Todd,the Ricketts siblings serve as the board of directors for the Cubs. He is the son of TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation founder J. Joseph Ricketts. Joe Ricketts has a net worth of US$2.3 billion as of 2018 according to Forbes.
The history of Wrigley Field,the home of the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball's National League,begins well before the Cubs played their first game in that venue.
Laura Marie Ricketts is an American political activist and former attorney who is co-owner of the Chicago Cubs. Ricketts is also a board member of Lambda Legal and the Housing Opportunities for Women organization. Ricketts' ownership stake in the Cubs makes her the first openly gay owner of a major-league sports franchise.
The 2014 Nebraska gubernatorial election took place on Tuesday,November 4,2014,to elect the 40th Governor of Nebraska. Republican Candidate and former COO of TD Ameritrade Pete Ricketts defeated Democratic candidate and former Regent of the University of Nebraska Chuck Hassebrook,receiving 57.2% of the vote to Hassebrook's 39.2% This was the first open seat election,and the first time a Democrat won a county for governor since 1998.
WGN Sports was the programming division of WGN-TV,an independent television station located in Chicago,Illinois,United States—which is owned by the Nexstar Media Group—that was responsible for all sports broadcasts on the station,some of which were previously also broadcast on its former national superstation feed,WGN America.
Since purchasing the Chicago Cubs baseball team and Wrigley Field in 2009,the Ricketts family have been pursuing an extensive renovation of the stadium and the surrounding venue. At its outset,the 1060 Project was projected to cost $575 million and was to be completed in four phases during consecutive off-seasons. Funding was generated from advertising revenue and increased corporate sponsorship in the form of additional signage placed in and around the stadium.
The 2022 Illinois gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Illinois,concurrently with the 2022 Illinois general election. Gubernatorial candidates ran on tickets with candidates for lieutenant governor. The incumbent governor and lieutenant governor,first-term Democrats J. B. Pritzker and Juliana Stratton,sought re-election together against Republican nominees Illinois State Senator Darren Bailey and his running mate Stephanie Trussell.
