Vintage Chicago Tribune: How Wrigley Field got lights and why Cubs fans had to wait past 8/8/88 to raise 'W' flag – The Denver Post
Two weeks before the Chicago Cubs were set to play their first game under Wrigley Field’ s $5 million permanent lighting system, Newfeld stood outside the stadium during a Cubs Care fundraiser, for which the lights had been switched on. Wrigley Field had hosted events after dark previously— they just weren’ t Major League Baseball games. Lights were strung across...
Source: denverpost.com
