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Tom Ricketts

Tribune To Sell Control Of Cubs, Wrigley Field To Ricketts Family For $845 Million

Aug 21, 2009 5:33 PM

After a tortured bidding process dating back more than two years, the bankrupt Tribune Co. is selling the Ricketts family 95 percent of the Chicago Cubs and iconic Wrigley Field for about $845 million —pending approval by Major League Baseball and a federal bankruptcy court. The deal, which would leave…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Sports, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Companies, Tribune, chicago cubs, joe ricketts, tom ricketts

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