Cubs unveil revised Wrigley restoration plan

ByCash Kruth/MLB.com|5/27/2014 8:37 P.M. ET

The renovation of Wrigley Field will take four years to complete.(Chicago Cubs)

CHICAGO -- The Cubs are, indeed, moving forward with the renovation and restoration of 100-year-old Wrigley Field.

Less than a week after Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts sent a letter and video to fans telling them the club is done negotiating with the rooftop owners and it's time to "put the team and fans first," the Cubs on Tuesday unveiled a revised plan with additional outfield signage, an expanded home clubhouse and the relocating of the home and visitors' bullpens to underneath the right-field bleachers.

"We can't delay any longer," Ricketts said in the video. "The time to build a winner is now."

The new proposal, which will go before the Commission on Chicago Landmarks on June 5, includes four additional signs of up to 650 square feet, plus another 2,400-square-foot video board in right field. Another LED board will also be added in left field.

In addition, the previously-approved left-field video board will be 3,950 square feet instead of 4,500.

The Cubs have also adjusted the design modifications for the clubhouse. Currently, Cubs players utilize approximately 11,000 square feet, and the original expansion plan increased the clubhouse size to 19,000 square feet. The new plan further expands the clubhouse to 30,000 square feet and it will be located beneath the new outdoor plaza.

The visitors' clubhouse will also be expanded, and the home and visitors' bullpens will be moved from the field to an area under the expanded Budweiser Bleachers.

An additional club space down the third-base line and an auditorium with room to seat 200 will also be built.

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