One of the best known ballparks is Wrigley Field. Wrigley Field has had a proud and long history being the second oldest ballpark in America (the oldest ballpark is Fenway in Boston). Throughout the almost 100 years that this park has been around, it has served as being one of the best places to play ball, enjoy a concert or other event. Unfortunately, over the past few years, the field at Wrigley grew into disrepair and required a complete and utter renovation.
Wrigley Field had plenty of firsts and after almost 100 years of being a landmark in Chicago, the field went through a complete renovation. The park is known as being the first to offer permanent concession stand and the first to allow fans to keep foul balls hit into the stands- two parts of the game that are not only enjoyable, but long lasting traditions. Besides being first at many aspects of baseball, it was also the last too. In this case, Wrigley Field was last at putting up night lights to offer night baseball games- in 1988.
To read more about Wrigley Field and the complete restoration process that recently took place, please visit the Smithsonian Magazine. You can read the article at the following link: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/
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