CHICAGO (WLS) — It’s the second most visited tourist attraction in Chicago.

Roughly 4 million people pass through Wrigley Field every year. It is one of Chicago’s most coveted sites.

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On busy nights at the ballpark, its rare location at an intersection that makes it unusually vulnerable.

Now, a rare joint private-public partnership will fund a tens of millions of dollars in security upgrades.

Wrigley Field is parked at the literal crossroads of private land, a city street, and a state-run road.

“Clark is a city street. Addison is a state owned street,” said President Chicago Cubs Business Operations Crane Kenney.

The iconic intersection of Clark and Addison makes the Friendly Confines something of joint turf, not entirely Cubs property.

And it’s unusually exposed, says Kenney, “If people had had sort of mischief on their minds, they could, they could cause some problems here.”

Chicago police roll out temporary steel bollards around the ballpark before games and concerts.

The former second-in-command of the Secret Service in Chicago, who is also an ABC7 law enforcement expert says that is not nearly enough.

“The larger you can make a secure perimeter, the safer it is for when I was protecting the president of the United States, but also for the general public,” said Derek Mayer, who is now vice president of Executive Protection at P4.

This joint public-private partnership helped Wrigley Field get the 2027 All-Star Game, insiders told the I-Team.

The $32.1 million upgrade will fund: installing anti-terrorism rated removable bollards around the park and Wrigley Field, widening the sidewalks along Addison and relocating light poles and other utility work.

Of that $32 million, the state of Illinois will kick in $12 million, and the Cubs organization and city of Chicago will each end up paying around $10 million.

Anything more than that, plus maintenance, will fall to the Cubs.

Some people say $10 million is a lot of money for a city that’s strapped.

“We’re also doing work on the public way. So, these are city assets that would be maintained by the Cubs,” 44th Ward Ald. Bennett Lawson told the I-Team.

“They just played in Atlanta. Cobb County gave the Braves $500 million to build their new venues. We didn’t get any public financing for the ballpark,” said Kenney.

Now the city, state, and Cubs will pay $32 million for physical barriers as an insurance policy they say will also pay off, financially.

“So, Atlanta saw 60,00-70,000 visitors for All-Star Week, an economic impact of $100 million-plus. We’re a much bigger market. I can’t imagine we would be anything less if not far more,” Lawson said.

The security construction will be done during the two off-seasons before the 2027 All-Star Game.