Racky has been withholding the 2008 payment to protest a Jumbotron that, he claims, blocked half his view during the NHL's New Year's Day Winter Classic.
The rooftop sold out for the game between the Blackhawks and the Detroit Red Wings. But club attorney Paul Bauch has contended that fans who had trouble seeing the rink would have to be given a future discount or freebie and the Cubs should pay for it. He also wants the Cubs to promise there will be no future obstructions.
Until those conditions are met, Racky has said he intents to withhold the 2008 payment.
"We can't let one rooftop not pay. It wouldn't be fair to the other rooftops -- nor to us," said Mike Lufrano, vice president of community relations for the Cubs.
Lufrano was asked if the Cubs were prepared to block Racky's mid-block view if he hasn't paid up by Opening Day. "We hope it doesn't come to that. We hope we'll be able to resolve it," he said.
Other sources said an obstruction is planned and that it would probably be "some sort of louver, slat or blind" to block Racky's view, but not interference with the rooftops on either side.
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