Construction of "Cubs Park" (later - in 1926 - to be known as Wrigley Field), at 1060 West Addison Street in Chicago IL began in 1914.
The FIRST Wrigley Field was in Los Angeles CA, and home to the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast (minor) League. It was built in 1925. A lot of famous baseball movies were filmed there, because of its close proximity to Hollywood. TV's Home Run Derby was also filmed there.
In 1902, the Chicago Cubs got their current name.
They were originally named "The Chicago White Stockings" in the late 19th century, and their name changed from "White Stockings" to "Colts," to "Orphans" to eventually, "Cubs." The name was chosen from a naming contest in the newspaper. Copy this into your web browser: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_baseball_team_nicknames#Chicago_Cubs (Not coincidentally, the Chicago Bears, who hosted their games at Wrigley Field, named their team after the Cubs and were originally the "Chicago Staleys.")
Chicago White Stockings
The team name was generally recognized to be "Cubs" starting in 1890.
Weeghman Park - 1914 Cubs Park- around 1916 Wrigley Field- 1926
The Chicago Cubs
By their young team
Chicago Cubs
They were originally named "The Chicago White Stockings" in the late 19th century, and their name changed from "White Stockings" to "Colts," to "Orphans" to eventually, "Cubs." The name was chosen from a naming contest in the newspaper. Copy this into your web browser: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_baseball_team_nicknames#Chicago_Cubs (Not coincidentally, the Chicago Bears, who hosted their games at Wrigley Field, named their team after the Cubs and were originally the "Chicago Staleys.")
They are named after their major league affiliate, the Chicago Cubs. Also, the Chicago Cubs have a very large amount of support that comes from the state of Iowa.
The team name was generally recognized to be "Cubs" starting in 1890.
The story goes that when George Halas moved the Decatur Staleys football team to Chicago in 1921 he wanted to come up with a new name for the team. Since the team was going to play it's home games at Cubs Park (now Wrigley Field), which was the home of the Chicago Cubs baseball team, he decided on Bears because bears are bigger and stronger than cubs just as football players are bigger and stronger than baseball players.