{"id":875565,"date":"2026-10-08T21:20:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T21:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/875565\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T21:20:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T21:20:54","slug":"wrigley-field-security-bollard-construction-begins-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/875565\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrigley Field security bollard construction begins next week"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the things required by Major League Baseball before awarding the Cubs the 2027 All-Star Game was to have enhanced security around Wrigley Field, specifically, security bollards on all four streets surrounding the ballpark, as I reported here in May 2025<\/a>. The cost is being split, as noted in the article, between the Cubs, the city of Chicago and the state of Illinois.<\/p>\n

The Cubs announced the timeline for this construction in an email to Wrigley Field neighbors on Thursday:<\/p>\n

Starting Monday, October 12, work will begin on the installation of crash-rated bollards around the ballpark to enhance the safety and security of fans, the ballpark and community members in preparation for hosting the 2027 MLB All-Star Game. The work will take place in phases and will be completed by Opening Day 2027. There may be additional construction-related noise while the project is underway. Gallagher Way and the surrounding businesses will remain open throughout construction.<\/p>\n

All four streets surrounding the ballpark will have some restrictions for traffic and pedestrians. I went over to the ballpark Thursday afternoon \u2014 a beautiful afternoon for baseball, I might add \u2014 to take some photos to show you the areas that will be closed and under bollard construction over the next few months.<\/p>\n

Pictured above is Sheffield Avenue, to the east of Wrigley Field, which will have the following restrictions:<\/p>\n

From October 12 through early December, Sheffield Avenue will be closed to vehicular traffic from Addison Street to Waveland Avenue. The west sidewalk will be closed to pedestrians.<\/p>\n

Here is a view down Waveland Avenue, to the north of Wrigley Field:<\/p>\n

The following restrictions will be in effect on Waveland:<\/p>\n

From October 12 through early March, Waveland Avenue will be closed to westbound traffic from Clark Street to Sheffield Avenue. The south sidewalk will be closed to pedestrians.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s Addison Street, to the south of the ballpark:<\/p>\n

It will have the following restrictions, for pedestrians only:<\/p>\n

From October 22 through mid-January, the sidewalk on the north side of Addison Street will be closed to pedestrians.<\/p>\n

And here is a view down Clark Street, which is on the west side of Wrigley:<\/p>\n

These pedestrian restrictions will be in effect on Clark:<\/p>\n

Beginning in mid-November through mid-December, the sidewalk on the east side of Clark Street will be closed to pedestrians.<\/p>\n

This photo shows a sign that was sitting in a cherry picker on Thursday near Wrigley Field, waiting to be deployed:<\/p>\n

That photo also reminds me that Draft Kings, which closed the betting portion of their sports book at Wrigley Field earlier this year, has re-branded as \u201cDraft Kings Sports Bar.\u201d I haven\u2019t been in there since they re-branded, but I\u2019d think they would get some decent business on college football Saturdays or days of Bears games.<\/p>\n

Lastly, I had meant to show you this photo when I took it on Sept. 22 before the Cubs\/Marlins game, but, well, other things seemed more important back then. On that day, this giant Cubs store opened on the south side of Addison Street across from the ballpark:<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll update you on the bollard construction through the offseason. And let\u2019s hope we actually have a Wrigley Field All-Star Game in 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the things required by Major League Baseball before awarding the Cubs the 2027 All-Star Game was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":875566,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[242897,363,99],"class_list":["post-875565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-chicago-cubs-news","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=875565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/875566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=875565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=875565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=875565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}