The U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Cubs on Thursday alleging the the recent overhaul of Wrigley Field violated federal law by failing to make the park “appropriately accessible” to fans with disabilities.
Windows frame the view past the outfield at the new Catalina Club in the upper deck behind home plate at Wrigley Field on April 6, 2019, in Chicago.
Wheelchair seating at the back of the 200 level terrace reserved seats on May 9, 2018 at Wrigley Field. Cubs spokesman Julian Green said in an emailed statement the team had been cooperating with the federal probe and was “disappointed” with the Justice Department’s decision to sue. The suit, meanwhile, includes photos of some of the worst alleged violations of federal law, singling out the overhaul of the bleachers as being particularly bad for wheelchair users.“The Cubs’ decision to cluster wheelchair seats on the porches not only isolates wheelchair users from other fans and confines them to the worst seats in the bleachers, it also inhibits their ability to watch the game,” the suit stated.
The Cubs first filed notice of the federal review in December 2019 as part of a lawsuit brought by a wheelchair-bound fan alleging seating for those with disabilities was in fact worse than before the renovation.
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