Check it out, Wrigley Field is back in business hosting football games.
Northwestern will have games there in 2020, 2022, 2024, 2026.
Illinois Football should return to Wrigley Field.
There's one, relatively new date on the home schedule which would be ideal to move to Chicago: Thanksgiving Saturday.
Play every two years at Wrigley Field on Thanksgiving Saturday starting in 2021-
- Use the game to boost season ticket sales, single game tickets only available to season-ticket holders.
- Campus is emptied out on Thanksgiving while so many people are in Chicago, so you're following the crowds.
- Don't have to worry about how empty Memorial Stadium will be over Thanksgiving.
- Game is held every two years which should retain appeal of the game.
Just a thought, Go Illini