Lake View Prepares for Cubs' 2014 Home Opener

Brace yourselves, the Cubs home opener is Friday, and unless you have a keg of Jagermeister in your living room, this could be a good or bad thing.

In anticipation for Cubs opener against the Philadelphia Phillies, 19th District Commander Elias Voulgaris, has continued to make clear that the police will have a zero-tolerance policy for public intoxication and DUI, Ald. Tom Tunney (44th) said in an email blast to residents.

Commander Voulgaris will be enforcing City and State laws that prohibit the over-serving of alcohol and serving alcohol to minors. Also notable is that peddling goods without a license and the selling or soliciting the sale of residential parking passes will be strictly enforced.

Tunney also reminds residents that on Cubs Night Games, 383 Residential Permit Parking restrictions on streets north of Belmont begin at 5 p.m. Vehicles not displaying proper permits may be ticketed and towed. Permits can be obtained from Ald. Tunney’s office.

The Chicago City Clerk’s website has more information about the “stadium permits.”

Additionally, residents can choose to receive alerts about upcoming Cubs night games by signing up on the 44th Ward website. You can also call 866-427-3869 to report any night game parking violations or other non-emergency quality of life issues during game nights.

All Cubs night games are scheduled to begin at 7:05 p.m. unless otherwise noted. To find out when night games are, check out the 2014 Cubs Night Games Schedule

So keep it clean, have fun and here’s to another year of team rebuilding.

And if you're going to the opener, stop by and say hi to Fergie Jenkins, who'll be greeting fans at the Wrigleyville Dunkin' Donuts.

Source: Ald. Tom Tunney's 44th Ward Office