(WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A woman who fought to keep day baseball exclusively at Wrigley Field has died.
If you go to a bar near Wrigley, you may come across an old yellow and red placard that says “No lights at Wrigley Field.”
That was the calling card of Citizens United for Baseball in the Sunshine -- acronym CUBS -- the organized opposition to lights at Wrigley Field in the 1980s.
Charlotte Newfeld was one of the leaders of CUBS, along with future Chicago Congressman Mike Quigley.
Their campaign was unsuccessful. The light switch was thrown at the North Side ballpark in 1988. But the Cubs do have to go through a process with the city before adding night games and concerts.
Crain's Chicago Business Columnist Greg Hinz reports Newfeld died last week just shy of her 92nd birthday.
“She knew how to stir the pot but without such people, the big city rolls over all of us and becomes unlivable,” he wrote.
Newfeld’s daughter says a community remembrance will be held next spring.
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