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suntimes.com - 2/27/2008
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Tribune Co. CEO Sam Zell said Tuesday he
won't hesitate to sell the naming rights to Wrigley...
Field -- even if baseball purists don't like the idea.
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Zell says he won't hesitate to sell Wrigley Field naming ...
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sportsyenta.blogspot.com - 2/28/2008
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It is possible that no two subjects get
me more worked up than the Cubs and the...
skinflint pricks who run the newspaper business. Generally, these subjects have nothing to do with one another. But now, with new Tribune Co. owner Sam Zell's continued ...
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Go To Zell, Assface
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bizofbaseball.com - 2/29/2008
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Sam Zell needs your money, and he’s looking
in every nook and cranny to get it. By...
now, you’ve heard that Zell (the now owner of the Tribune Co., ergo the Cubs) fully intends on selling off Wrigley Field, thus breaking apart two assets (the Cubs and Wrigley) that are synonymous with each other, in an attempt to gain more revenues than the selling of the two as a package would ...
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Zell is Selling and Maximizing, Much to MLB's Discontent
bizofbaseball.com - 2/5/2008
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Sam Zell doesn't care about the Cubs. Sam
doesn't care if Illinois owns Wrigley Field, and the...
new owners wind up paying for upgrades, and don't get any of the naming rights revenues. What Sam needs is money. Here's why the sale of the Cubs is taking so long.
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Zell’s Zeal to Pay Down Tribune Debt Impacting Cubs Sale
homerderby.com - 2/21/2008
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Over the past decade the Cubs have made
lots of improvements to Wrigley Field ... seats, statues,...
falling concrete, etc. But they had ignored their pot-hole ridden field. Until now ... video at HRD.
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Wrigley Field has a new Field
suntimes.com - 2/28/2008
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KAOPECTATEVILLE? | Wrigleyville crying foul at talk of
slapping new name on Friendly Confines First Marshall Field's,...
now Wrigley Field. Tribune Co. honcho Sam Zell told CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Tuesday that he's got no qualms about renaming the Cubs' ...
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The Tribune vs. Chicago
homerderby.com - 2/18/2008
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It's ten years to the day since Harry
Caray left us. Let's go back and remember his...
take on baseball and life. Lots of Harry Caray quotes.
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The Wit and Wisdom of Harry Caray
suntimes.com - 2/28/2008
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Selling the naming rights to Wrigley Field isn't
the only idea put on the table by Tribune...
Co. CEO Sam Zell to squeeze more money out of the Cubs.
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Zell wants more night games, concerts
epiccarnival.com - 2/29/2008
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11. Because, as the video shows, you don't
really want to see wht Cub Fan is capable...
of when provoked 10. Unmatched legacy of success 9. If the name is changed, every man, woman and child will have to refer to it by its new corporate name, or risk ...
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TOP 11 REASONS WHY WRIGLEY FIELD CAN'T CHANGE ITS NAME
chicagobusiness.com - 2/4/2008
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Potential owners are steaming over Zell's plan to
sell stadium to state Tribune Co. 's proposal to...
sell Wrigley Field to the state is alienating would-be buyers of the Chicago Cubs who say owning the team without the iconic stadium would be like a day ...
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Tribune News | Chicago Business News, Analysis & ...
suntimes.com - 2/21/2008
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Blackhawks president John McDonough is considering hosting an
outdoor game at Wrigley Field. ‘‘We had a meeting...
with the commissioner four weeks ago, and that was one topic we wanted to discuss,'' McDonough said on WSCR-AM (670). ‘‘It would be a huge event for the city of Chicago and for the NHL.
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McDonough considers game at Wrigley
stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com - 2/22/2008
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63 Responses to “#30 Wrigley Field” I sense that...
if she were sitting in the Left Field Pavallion at Dodger Stadium, she would not be so open about her true feelings. Nor at Turner Field. Don’t believe ...
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#30 Wrigley Field
mvn.com - 2/5/2008
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There’s been a lot of talk lately about
the potential sale of Wrigley Field to the state...
of Illinois. Many seem to be wondering why Sam Zell would risk devaluing the Cubs by selling its most valuable asset. The answer is simple…and ...
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Why Sell Wrigley, You Ask?
chicagoreader.com - 2/5/2008
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Flag as inappropriate Gabe at 12:10 PM on
1/3/2008 From the autobiography of the late great Bill...
Veeck: "We have never operated on the theory that a city owes anything to the owner of a baseball franchise, out of civic pride, patriotic fervor or ...
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The Works: A Zell of a Deal: The state's proposed ...
dailyherald.com - 2/21/2008
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When NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said Monday that
the Blackhawks' request to host the league's next "Winter...
Classic" outdoor game was intriguing and interesting, he wasn't kidding. The Hawks want to play the game at Wrigley Field, which has been ...
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Hawks want to play ... at Wrigley
sports.yahoo.com - 2/15/2008
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Lost in the Clemens drama on Wednesday was
the news that former Cub masher Glenallen Hill apologized...
for his use of steroids during his career. Hopefully, though, he'll never apologize for the rooftop homer he hit to Waveland Avenue on May ...
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Glenallen Hill better not be sorry for this HR
suntimes.com - 2/16/2008
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The Cubs have filed a lawsuit - and
started testing decorative banners that block the bird's-eye view...
of Wrigley Field - to punish a rooftop club owner who is refusing to honor a 2004 agreement to share 17 percent of his profits with the team.
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Cubs sue rooftop owner, may obstruct view
suntimes.com - 2/17/2008
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The Cubs have filed a lawsuit -- and
started testing decorative banners that block the bird's-eye view...
of Wrigley Field -- to punish the owner of three rooftop clubs who is refusing to honor a 2004 agreement to share 17 percent of his profits with the ...
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Rogue rooftop owner being sued by Cubs
suntimes.com - 2/21/2008
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You'd think a guy with an economics degree
from Stanford might be a little quicker with the...
cost-benefit analysis. But there was Sam Fuld late last September, on a break-neck collision course with the brick wall in right field at Wrigley Field.
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Is center-field job in the Fuld?
bleedcubbieblue.com - 2/22/2008
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With the success of the recent outdoor hockey
game between the Sabres and Penguins in Buffalo, I...
figured it wouldn't be too long before the Blackhawks under former Cub president John McDonough might consider an outdoor game, to create some buzz about ...
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Here Come The Hawks... To Wrigley?










