Due to delays to the renovation of Wrigley Field, the Cubs considered a drastic change for the 2015 season.
Speaking on CBS Radio Wednesday, Cubs president of business operations Crane Kenney confirmed the organization gave serious thought to moving all of its 2015 home games to Miller Park in Milwaukee.
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“We did, really with the help of the Brewers, we did an extensive amount of work looking at going up there, They hosted us,” Kenney said on CBS Radio. "We talked about the logistics of playing a full season there to try to truncate our work to two-and-half to three years instead of four years.”
Construction of the outfield bleachers is in the midst of the first phase of a four-phase, $375 million renovation of Wrigley Field that was supposed to be ready for opening day. But frigid weather has affected construction crews, and the left-field/center-field bleachers aren’t expected to be ready until May 11 while the right-field bleachers won’t be done until early June as it stands.
Kenney said the team did not go ahead with the plan to move the games to Miller Park because of the distance for employees and fans.
"Ultimately, sitting down with the entire team — ticket sales, operations, etc. — we just thought it was too much displacement to move our fans that far,” he said.