The famed Wrigley Field Marquee returned to its green origins with gold trim from the mid-1930s when it received a paint job today for the Chicago Cubs upcoming homestand. The world famous bright red Wrigley Field marquee was painted purple (as you can see at this link) when the Northwestern Wildcats played the Illinois Fighting Illini at Wrigley Field in college football in 2010.
(That was the infamous, the end zone is dangerously too close to the wall so both teams will drive the same way game)
On Wednesday, painting of the Wrigley Field Marquee began to get it to match its mid-1930s color scheme following its installation in 1934.
Here you can see Mike Kwiatkowski putting the first brush strokes on the Wrigley Field Marquee (Photos for Benjamin Moore/Brian Kersey)
This year, the Cubs are honoring 100 years of Wrigley Field by bestowing each home stand with the theme of a different decade. On Sunday, May 18, the Cubs will wear a throwback uniform from 1937 (photos you can see here), the year during which Wrigley Field’s iconic scoreboard was installed and the ivy was planted on the newly-constructed bleacher wall.
After the current homestand, the Wrigley Field marquee will return to its normal color.
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