The Final 9

By Carrie Muskat / MLB.com

CHICAGO -- Wrigley Field is back on the market.

The Tribune Co. has rejected a no-tax proposal to purchase Wrigley Field by the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority (ISFA) -- which owns and operates the Chicago White Sox's home ballpark, U.S. Cellular Field -- according to former Illinois Gov. James Thompson.

Thompson, the ISFA's lead negotiator and chairman, said in a statement that the Tribune Co. believes the sale "requires either the transfer of future sales and amusement tax revenue from transactions at Wrigley Field for the next 30 years, or the imposition of new taxes, or the transfer of existing ISFA funds now pledged to projects at U.S. Cellular Field."

Thompson said that the ISFA could not agree to that, adding, "In our judgment, there are no votes in the City Council or in the Illinois General Assembly for transferred or new taxes for Wrigley Field."

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