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Article: TAKE ME OUT TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARK CUBS PLAY HARDBALL ABOUT WRIGLEY FIELD CUBS' PLANS TO EXPAND BALLPARK STRIKE OUT WITH NEIGHBORS
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- January 19, 2003
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CHICAGO - The neighborly relations between Chicago's beloved Cubs
and the residents of Wrigleyville have broken down over a dispute
pitting baseball profits against the historic character of the
neighborhood.
The team's owners are suing the operators of rooftop businesses
just beyond Wrigley Field's outfield walls, accusing them of
misleading advertising and illegally profiting from their views of
the field. The businesses say that club owners filed the suit out of
frustration with nearby residents who have opposed plans to expand
the ballpark.
"They can't sue the neighborhood because that's political
suicide," said Ken Jakubowski, spokesman for the rooftop business
owners. "They are ...