Boutique Wrigley Field Themed Hotel Set To Open In Mid-Season Near Ballpark

By Anna Deem in News on Mar 27, 2010 9:00PM

The Wrigley Field themed hotel, The Wrigleyville Hotel, is now potentially set to open during the middle of the upcoming baseball season. The five-story hotel is located at 3469-75 N. Clark and was started by Tim Collins, owner of the Main Event memorabilia and ticket store near the ballpark. "The hotel is going to have a Wrigley Field feel," Collins said to the Chicago Sun-Times. "We redid the front facade in limestone. We're not going to be outlandish with our advertising at all."

The 42-room, $12 million hotel will also feature a 350-seat baseball-themed restaurant and bar on its ground level, and an outdoor café and bar space on its roof. Room rates will range from $125 to $350 a night. Collins believes that the first phase of construction will start no later than July 1. "The hotel looks gorgeous," Lake View Ald. Tom Tunney (44th) said to the Sun-Times. "But it's also empty. We need to get it open. It's been at least two years in planning."