Cubs landmark hearing planned

March 7, 2003

CHICAGO -- The city's Commission on Landmarks on Thursday denied a Cubs' request to delay a hearing on the proposed landmark designation of certain sections of Wrigley Field.

The Cubs had asked for a 60-day delay to study revisions to the Daley administration's proposal. The hearing will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday in City Council chambers.

The team and city have been negotiating for nearly three years on the landmark designation. Among the issues of contention: a proposed 2,000-seat bleacher expansion and the number of night games.

A city resolution calls for Wrigley's scoreboard, exterior elevations and front signage, as well as other sections, to fall under city landmark protection. It also gives the City Council authority to approve any bleacher extension over public sidewalks on Waveland and Sheffield Avenues.

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