RIP Gale Sayers
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Chicago fans got their first look at Gale Sayers when the Bears faced the Los Angeles Rams at Wrigley Field on Oct. 10, 1965. Photo taken on Oct. 6, 1965. (Chicago Tribune historical photo)
The Bears played at Wrigley?
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Chicago fans got their first look at Gale Sayers when the Bears faced the Los Angeles Rams at Wrigley Field on Oct. 10, 1965. Photo taken on Oct. 6, 1965. (Chicago Tribune historical photo)
The Bears played at Wrigley?
@jon-nyc said in RIP Gale Sayers:
The Bears played at Wrigley?
https://www.chicagobears.com/news/a-change-from-wrigley-to-soldier-field-17831297
Back when professional football started and the team needed a place to play, Bears founder, longtime coach and owner George S. Halas made an annual handshake deal with Cubs chairmen William Veeck Sr. and P.K. Wrigley, allowing the Bears to play their home games every fall at Wrigley Field (originally called Cubs Park). Halas wrote in his autobiography that in exchange for allowing the Bears to use the ballpark, the Cubs received 15 percent of the profits from ticket sales and concessions, unless the gate receipts exceeded $10,000, in which case the Cubs got 20 percent. Halas negotiated that the Bears kept all of the money from selling game programs. The main stipulation from the Cubs' side, however, was that the Bears had to open the season every year on the road, since the baseball team needed the stadium for games through September.
