The iconic green scoreboard out in front of Chicago's Wrigley Field has been painted purple and the familiar baseball field has been obliterated in preparation for tomorrow's Northwestern-Illinois football game. It's purple because it is a Northwestern home game.
The idea to bring football back to Wrigley began two years ago, but has been going full bore this last month.
The last football game at the "Friendly Confines" was in 1970, when the Bears played their last game there. The last college football game was when the DePaul Blue Demons (now football-less) defeated St. Louis in 1938. Even Loyola, another football-less college played their games at Wrigley.
Of course, a few years ago, the Chicago Blackhawks had a hockey game there.
The football field's configuration is a bit different now. The goal posts are in right field (actually on the wall itself) and along the third base line.
Eighty tons of sand and lots of sod have been have been brought in and placed around the field.
The Chicago Sun-Times had an article about it called "Here's the Sod Story." There were a lot of photos accompanying it. They have painted the famous ivy on the walls. I imagine the famous rooftop venues will be in operation for this as well.
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