Wrigley Field, Chicago: How to Visit and What to Do Nearby

Wrigley Field stands at 1060 West Addison Street in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood, the home ballpark of the Chicago Cubs since 1916 and the second-oldest active Major League park after Fenway. The stadium seats 41,649 and is distinguished by its ivy-covered outfield walls, planted in 1937 by Bill Veeck, and the hand-operated center-field scoreboard installed in 1937—one of the last manually operated scoreboards in professional baseball. The rooftops of buildings on Waveland and Sheffield avenues beyond the outfield walls have been used as informal viewing platforms for decades. Night games did not begin until lights were installed in 1988. is just one of many options in Chicago. Major attractions worth considering include 360 Chicago Observation Deck (Formerly John Hancock Observatory), Adler Planetarium, and Chicago River.