A onetimeowner of one of the rooftop clubs overlookingWrigley Fieldwas sentenced Mondayto 18 months in federal prison for hiding more than $1 million in revenue from the Cubs to avoid paying the royalties Johnny Manziel Jersey he owed the MLB team, according to multiple reports.As a succe sful busine sman and lawyer,R. Marc Hamid, 48, „had no reason to go out and commit these crimes,“ U.S. District Judge Thomas Durkin said (via the Chicago Tribune) in handing down the sentence that, nonethele s, fell far short of the up to eight years that prosecutors recommended.MORE: Every MLB team’s worst postseason memoryHamid also was ordered to pay $392,000 in restitution.At the heart of the case, Hamid used a variety of schemes tounder-reportattendance from 2008-11 at Skybox on Sheffield, a rooftop club beyond the historic ballpark’s right-field wall.According to the Tribune,Hamid sobbed as he apologized in court https://www.padresedges.com/san-diego-padres/tony-gwynn-jersey before his sentencing, calling Wrigley Field a „very special place“ and the partnership with the team a dream opportunity. „I betrayed the Cubs,“ he said.The Cubs‘ frequently contentious relations with rooftop club owners which escalated after the Ricketts family bought the team wound up in court in 2015. Skybox on Sheffield ownerssued overplans to put up a huge video board in right field as part of Wrigley Fieldrenovations because it and other signage wouldobstruct the rooftop https://www.padresedges.com/san-diego-padres/johnny-manziel-jersey club’s views of the playing field.A federal judge refused to order the team to stop construction, and now Skybox on Sheffield which calls itself „Chicago’s Premier Luxury Rooftop“ on its website promotes an experience „more than just the game“ since it has no view of Wrigley’s infield.
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