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The owner of the Chicago Cubs has opened a hotel across the street from Wrigley Field and named it for the iconic ballpark’s architect.
The Hotel Zachary, named for Zachary Taylor Davis, has 173 rooms, including “Marquee Suites” that offer guests views of the ballpark’s marquee and the Chicago skyline. Public areas at the hotel, which is across the street from the ballpark’s third-base side, include a giant, original architectural sketch of the ballpark as well as blueprints and other drawings.
Design touches include rich blue hues, pinstriped carpets and an ivy-green headboard, a homage to the Chicago Cubs’ team colors, uniforms and Wrigley Field’s famed ivy-covered outfield walls.
Later this month, the hotel, which is part of Marriott International’s Tribute Portfolio, will open a two-level bar called Mordecai, named for Chicago Cubs pitcher and Hall of Famer Mordecai Brown. The bar touts “three-finger pours,” in reference to both an alcohol measurement and the pitcher’s nickname “Three Finger” (Brown lost parts of two fingers in a farming accident).
Hotel developer Hickory Street Capital is owned by the Ricketts family, which owns owns the Cubs.
Opened in 1914, Wrigley Field is Major League Baseball’s second-oldest ballpark to Boston’s Fenway Park. The stadium is most of the way through a five-year, $750 million renovation.
Source: travelweekly.com