http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/17909586/chicago-cubs-hosting-world-series-first-1945[h=1]Local bars charging big money to watch as Cubs host first World Series game since 1945[/h]
[h=2]Want to watch from a bar? Expect to pay up[/h]If you can't get into Wrigley Field tonight for Game 3 of the World Series, you could always try one of the many bars in Wrigleyville. That could end up costing you too:
Sluggers: $100 cover charge (bar removed furniture to expand capacity to from 200 to 400)
The Cubby Bear: $100 cover charge, no re-entry privileges
John Barleycorn: $1,300 for a table for four, includes unlimited drinks, four appetizers, four entrees.
Stretch Bar & Grill: $300 cover charge, includes unlimited drinks
Moran's: $100 per person, $500 for a table (plus tax and required 18 percent tip)
[h=2]Cubs enlist star power for Game 3[/h]<aside style="border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 6px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; width: 524.2px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; clear: both; font-family: BentonSans, -apple-system, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 221, 223); border-bottom-style: solid; display: block; white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-image: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="inline inline-photo full"><figure style="margin: 0px; line-height: 0; display: block; position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;">
</picture></figure></aside>The Cubs announced that actor and famed Cubs fan Bill Murray will sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during the seventh-inning stretch of Game 3. Cubs legend Billy Williams, who played 16 seasons with the team and won NL Rookie of the Year honors in 1961, will throw out the first pitch. He'll be far from the only former player in attendance.
[h=2]Want to watch from a bar? Expect to pay up[/h]If you can't get into Wrigley Field tonight for Game 3 of the World Series, you could always try one of the many bars in Wrigleyville. That could end up costing you too:
Sluggers: $100 cover charge (bar removed furniture to expand capacity to from 200 to 400)
The Cubby Bear: $100 cover charge, no re-entry privileges
John Barleycorn: $1,300 for a table for four, includes unlimited drinks, four appetizers, four entrees.
Stretch Bar & Grill: $300 cover charge, includes unlimited drinks
Moran's: $100 per person, $500 for a table (plus tax and required 18 percent tip)
Judging by the lines at 15 bars in Wrigleyville five hours before the game, pretty much no one is working in Chicago today pic.twitter.com/U82WGd59ti
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) October 28, 2016
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) October 28, 2016
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</picture></figure></aside>The Cubs announced that actor and famed Cubs fan Bill Murray will sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during the seventh-inning stretch of Game 3. Cubs legend Billy Williams, who played 16 seasons with the team and won NL Rookie of the Year honors in 1961, will throw out the first pitch. He'll be far from the only former player in attendance.
B. Williams throwing out the first pitch,Bill Murray doing seventh inning stretch.Many former Cubs sched to be there:Lee, Prior, Maddux!
— Jesse Rogers (@ESPNChiCubs) October 28, 2016
— Jesse Rogers (@ESPNChiCubs) October 28, 2016