I can’t believe I have to write on this topic. Again.
The Cubs moved the time of Friday’s game from 1:20 p.m. CT to 7:05 p.m. CT due to inclement weather expected in the area all afternoon. (In fact, it is raining near Wrigley as I’m writing this article.)
Presumably, that means the Cubs had to receive permission from the city of Chicago, because the night-game ordinance governing games (and other events) under the lights at Wrigley does not permit night games on Fridays.
To give you a bit of history on this, the reason for the Friday night (and Saturday night, though that’s waived for national TV) prohibition was supposedly that restaurants in the area felt they’d lose business if ballgames were going on those nights.