Wrigley Field is a historic baseball stadium located in Chicago, Illinois. The stadium is the longtime home of the baseball team Chicago Cubs, serving as the team’s home for over 100 years. Having opened in 1914, the stadium is now the second oldest in major league baseball after Fenway Park in Boston. The stadium is affectionally known as the friendly confines due to its welcoming and intimate atmosphere.

The stadium originally opened as Weeghman Park serving as the home of the Chicago Whales for one season. The Cubs would move in for 1916 season and continue to call the stadium home over 100 years later. Since the team moved in, the stadium has become a focal point of the community, transforming the area around it to the point where buildings along the adjacent Waveland and Sheffield Avenues have installed seating on their rooftops.

The stadium features a number of unique features including the ivy-covered brick outfield wall, the green hand-turned scoreboard in the outfield and the iconic red, art deco style marque that has adorned the front of the stadium since 1934. The stadium still flies the W flag after each Cubs win, an old timey tradition that started as a practical way to inform locals in the area of the result of a game.

Wrigley Field, along with Fenway Park, is one of major league baseball’s two bucket list stadiums. A national historic landmark with a long history closely tied to the city of Chicago and a must visit when visiting the city. Wrigley Field represents all the things people associate with the game of baseball and is the kind of venue that most modern baseball stadiums try to emulate when building retro style ballparks.

Wrigley Field is located in the Wrigleyville area of Chicago and easily accessible via the CTA Red Line. Visitors should alight at the Addison stop which is located a short three-minute walk away from the stadium.