Size comparison of Wrigley Field and U.S. Cellular Field

A White Sox fan was explaining to me why U.S. Cellular bans upper deck fans from walking on the main level of their ballpark. The reason is that their main level gets too crowded. However Wrigley Field is a smaller ballpark that sells out its 40,000+ seats consistently (versus the sox who only sell half their tickets). So why doesn't the smaller Wrigley get too crowded on their lower level?

Then all incredibleness was bestowed upone me as this White Sox fan claimed, "U.S. Cellular Field is smaller than Wrigley" Uh. Right. Sure the Cell has less seats (about 1,000 less), but it's a monster of a concrete ballpark. Let's compare the two ballparks on top of each other.


Here they are lined up with homeplate is in the same spot, so you can see the size difference.



If you took the Cell and blunked it down at Clark and Addison, the gigantor ballpark would crush the outfield apartments!



Look at how Wrigley fits inside the Cell. Now tell me which ballpark is bigger.