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“You ever hear thirty thousand people hold their breath at once? That’s not tension. That’s something waiting to feed.”

Location: Armour Square, near 35th and Shields
Established: 1910
Access: Public (ticketed)
Connected Factions: South Side political machine, CPD Arcane Division (low-level monitoring), local Outfit fixers, BCN observing and gathering intel

Description - Exterior

A hulking concrete cathedral to baseball, Comiskey looms over Armour Square like a monument to American glory and buried scandals. On game days, the smell of popcorn, cheap cigars, and engine smoke floods the streets. The red-brick arches and steel gates give it the look of a fortress—and maybe that’s not wrong.

Description - Interior

Inside, it’s all noise and ghosts. Wooden seats groan like they remember who last sat in them, and certain rows stay empty no matter how full the stands get. The scoreboard hums oddly, especially during home runs, and the lights above the third-base line flicker during extra innings. Below the bleachers, long-forgotten tunnels twist beneath the field, some walled off, some still breathing.

Public Face

It’s the South Side’s pride and proof—home of the White Sox and host to union days, city parades, and patriotic fanfare. Kids sell peanuts, aldermen shake hands, and Ward bosses secure votes in VIP boxes. Most people come here for the game. A few come to settle bets.

What’s Really Going On

The Outfit launders cash through concession contracts and uses game days as cover for meetings, handoffs, and quiet exits. Rumors say something old was buried beneath second base when the stadium was first built—and that it stirs whenever the Sox sweep a series. CPD’s Arcane Division has tagged Comiskey as a Class I passive site: not breached, but bending. The Black Cobra Nation sends observers during doubleheaders—not to watch baseball, but to listen for what’s beneath the cheers.

Notables

"Popcorn Johnny” DiSanto – Longtime vendor, Outfit ear on the concourse, never misses a shift.

Eloise Harker – Arcane Division liaison with a ticket booth cover, tracks resonance spikes tied to crowd noise.

"Whistle” McGraw – Ex-player turned drunken prophet, shouts warnings from behind left field.

Kenny Blank – South Side bookie with a reserved seat and three runners per inning.

Rumors & Hooks

• The field markings shift slightly during full moons—centerfield tilts, but only on film.
• Someone keeps leaving sigils in the dugout chalk bin—three managers have quit mid-season since it started.
• A fan disappeared from Section 106 in '51. His seat still sells out, but no one sees who takes it.
• The arcane tunnels below are rumored to connect to Armour railyards—and maybe something older.
• A PC might be hired to find a relic sealed in a foundation wall—trapped under twenty thousand fans and three innings left to play.