Ground was broken Friday for a burial site at a Chicago cemetery modeled after a portion of landmark Wrigley Field to accommodate die-hard Chicago Cubs fans.
Dennis Mascari said he chose to create "Beyond the Vines" at Bohemian National Cemetery for extremely loyal fans of the National League baseball team, whose stadium has an ivy-covered brick center field wall, the Chicago Tribune said Friday.
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The 35-foot-long, 14-foot-high memorial wall will have a piece of stained glass modeled after Wrigley Field's iconic hand-operated scoreboard, the Tribune said.
Friday, September 12, 2008
For when you really don't care if you never get back
My parents, both of whom were born in Illinois, are long-suffering (is this finally the year?) Cubs fans, but I don't think they would go for this:
The article notes that you can buy "eternal skyboxes" in the memorial wall, which is kind of funny, since Wrigley Field doesn't actually have skyboxes.
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