What do the baseball and chewing gum have in common?

Wrigley Field is not just a stadium. It’s a monument dedicated to the history of baseball. The field (created at the beginning of the 20th cent.) was bought in 1920s by William Wrigley, a producer of a chewing gum, and now it’s named after him. Here they started the tradition of singing the anthem before the game. Here they allowed a fan to keep the ball he caught, for the first time. Here there’s still a hand-turned score board. During the game the scoreboard is manually operated by three or five strong men. The Cubs, who play at Wrigley, never liked technical novelties. That’s why the lights were installed only in the late 1980s. The team didn’t want to play after dark. However, when the officials forbade Wrigley to host any post-season games organized in the evenings without the lights, the Cubs had to accept new rules, and the lights were finally set up. Interesting are the tribunes located outside of the field, at the roofs of nearby houses. The ticket for this tribune is more expensive, but a drink is included. And the view of the entire Wrigley Field is priceless!