Cubs Say Deal Between Marquee, Comcast Could Come Soon as Talks Have ‘Picked up Dramatically’

The Cubs are hoping to operate Wrigley Field at 20% capacity this season, which is only slightly less than their regional broadcast coverage for Marquee Sports Network. Okay, that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but not having Comcast’s Xfinity platform in the fold eliminates millions of potential viewers in Chicagoland and throughout the rest of the team’s broad television territory.

Cubs president of business operations Crane Kenney provided 670 The Score’s Dan Bernstein with an update on the negotiations between Marquee and Comcast during a Thursday appearance. Though this isn’t much more than a redux of what we’ve heard several times before, there’s more urgency now than ever to work…