If they want more concerts - and in 2019 there were 10 - they have to give up one night game for each concert date. The Cubs are currently limited to 35 regular season night games per year by city ordinance, plus up to eight night games added by the request of national TV networks, plus four concert dates, for a maximum of 47 night events per year. There have been many postseason night games at Wrigley and the team hosted the 1990 All-Star Game, the latter awarded only after lights were approved. That means you’d have to be at least in your early 40s to have any clear memory of Wrigley without lights.Īs you surely know, the first scheduled Wrigley night game Augwas rained out after three and a half innings and so the first official night game took place the next night against the Mets, the Cubs winning 6-4. Night baseball has been played at Wrigley Field since 1988, 34 seasons’ worth.
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