Monday, 2 July 2012

Wrigley renovation plans stalled by political flap (Yahoo! Sports)

File-In this Feb. 14, 2012 file photo, online brokerage TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts speaks in Omaha, Neb. Plans to renovate Wrigley Field once seemed headed for easy approval. That was before Ricketts, patriarch of the family that owns the Cubs, was discovered to be considering a campaign attack on the city's favorite son, President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

CHICAGO (AP) -- As the baseball season began, Chicago buzzed about plans to upgrade wilting Wrigley Field. Then word spread that the patriarch of the family that owns the Cubs considered bankrolling a $10 million racially tinged campaign against President Barack Obama, at the same time the team sought his hometown's help with its $300 million renovation.




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