Levine: Cubs Should Buy Out Rooftop Owners

" (CBS) - After hearing both sides of the rooftop argument from two intelligent men who represent opposing views, one eternal point seems to resonate: sell, sell, sell if you own a rooftop that faces the ballpark

" It is in everyone’s best interest that the Cubs purchase control from of all of the rooftop owners and make them part of there corridor plan in the Wrigley-City of Chicago agreement.

As a life time Chicagoan and baseball fan I do not see a villain in this legal debate. The Cubs have a legal right to expand and add revenue enhancing elements to the ballpark. It says so in the agreement with the rooftop association and it says the same in the new agreement with the City and the Landmark people, who are basically one and the same.

The rooftop owners have the same right to protect their interest and investment in the partnership with the Cubs. The contract protects the rights of the rooftop owners to continue to have unimpeded views in order to do business as usual. The signage issue appears to be a non-starter for both sides "

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