The Cubs Convention was the first of these annual fan fests to occur. Now held by many teams, the first CubsCon was in 1986. It was held at the Chicago Hilton and Towers in its early years, then more recently at the Sheraton Chicago.
The last such gathering was in 2020, just before COVID-19 shut baseball and just about everything else down. Famously, Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts got booed at the 2020 Convention when introducing Marquee Sports Network [VIDEO].
The 2021 Cubs Convention was cancelled due to the pandemic and the 2022 Convention didn’t happen largely due to baseball’s lockout, so the upcoming Convention will be the first in three years.