Contract dispute or not, there’s no reason why baseball and beer fans alike should have to suffer.

Fans at Chicago’s Wrigley Field were stunned to find the iconic rooftop Budweiser sign in left field covered up with a tarp.

Tom Gramatis, owner of the building next to Wrigley Field, said he covered the sign when Anheuser-Busch didn’t make it’s quarterly rental payment for the ad. Because he hadn’t gotten his $86,000, Gramatis is trying to get rid of the sign completely and find new advertisement tenants for his roof.

The beer company claims Gramatis never actually sent an invoice for the payment, and Cook County Judge Martin Agran seems to be on Anheuser-Busch’s side for now. Even though there’s a dispute going on, he ruled there was no reason for putting a tarp-covered eyesore next to the iconic field.

“With any luck, I’ll see the sign when the White Sox play the Cubs in the World Series,” said Agran.

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