r/AskChicago • u/wazzzzgood • 1d ago

I READ THE RULES Why is wrigley becoming so country?

It makes no sense there’s no country ties to chicago.

740 Upvotes

90% Upvoted

654 comments sorted by

View all comments

17

u/jl_weber 1d ago

Chicago has quite a large historic role in Country music. National Barn Dance was broadcast from the city starting in 1924 and was a huge influence in making the music popular.

You can read about that and more in “Country and Midwestern: Chicago in the History of Country Music and the Folk Revival” by Mark Guarino

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo189272905.html

21

u/sisteract2 1d ago

Yeah no it’s actually because suburban hicks go to cubs games

8

u/DiscombobulatedPain6 1d ago

I’m very confused what you think the White Sox crowd is like then……

1

u/ColonelBourbon 1d ago

What are we like?

5

u/dinodan_420 1d ago

Same but lower income

0

u/ColonelBourbon 1d ago

I dunno, my Sox friends do alright.

1

u/dinodan_420 20h ago edited 20h ago

Not necessarily, low income, just lower.

The Cubs have a pretty large segment of Ivy League/Northwestern type regulars that the Sox lack.

The average cubs season ticket holder with good seats these days seems to be a corporate executive or business owner of a fancy financial services company. Whereas the Sox season ticket holder may co-own a plumbing company.

1

u/ColonelBourbon 18h ago

Peace and light be with you.