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White Sox Rename Lounge After Tony La Russa, Replacing Beloved Worker Loretta Micele

The Chicago White Sox have renamed a seating area at Guaranteed Rate Field after manager Tony La Russa.

Per Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times, the lounge that had previously been named in honor of long-time White Sox concessions worker Loretta Micele is now La Russa's Lounge.

Van Schouwen noted that the previously-named Loretta's Lounge had been in place since Game 1 of the 2005 World Series when the White Sox played the Houston Astros.

Micele, who died in 2014 at the age of 95, began working at Old Comiskey Park in 1945 and was employed as a stadium concession worker for 60 years.