The Chicago Cubs' new locker room looks like a night club

Longstanding plans for the renovation of the Chicago Cubs' clubhouse and other areas of Wrigley Field finally came to fruition in time for the team's home opener on Monday.

The overhauled 30,000-square-foot facility includes a larger locker room, a new strength and conditioning center, training areas, a lounge and a media center. The previous locker room was a fraction of that size and severely outdated.

Especially with the mood lighting and what looks like a bar in the center, this new clubhouse looks ready for some beer towers and come October, a bit of champagne.

Building the new clubhouse was quite a job. The Cubs tore out a parking lot on the west side of the ballpark along Clark Street and constructed the clubhouse below street level. 

There are new and larger video rooms, strength and conditioning areas, and rehabilitation facilities. Injured players such as Kyle Schwarber, who tore knee ligaments last week and is out for the rest of the year, can work their way back in Chicago rather than the team's facility in Mesa, Arizona, with upgrades that include a cryotherapy room and float pod that helps relieve pain and improve relaxation.

There's a new dining facility, with an emphasis on nutritious and organic food. And adjacent to that is a players' lounge with TVs lining the walls, reclining leather chairs with cup holders, ping pong, foosball, Super Shot basketball, Golden Tee golf, guitars hanging on pillars, and amps and tambourines against a nearby wall with a mural of the Chicago skyline.

The old clubhouse, by the way, is now a batting cage. And the postgame party area, where strobe lights and club music blare after wins, is next to it in the former players' lounge.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.