“Loretta’s Lounge,” in the 100 section of the stadium, was dedicated to Loretta Micele before Game 1 of the 2005 World Series to commemorate her 60th year working for the team.
But it’s now “La Russa’s Lounge.”
Micele was a die-hard White Sox fan who began working for the team in 1945, said her great-grandson, Lou Soto. The lifelong Bridgeport resident died in 2014.
Soto said Micele’s family was not notified the section named for his great-grandmother was renamed for La Russa. They realized it when his sister attended a game this season and saw the sign had been changed.
“They never called us at all,” Soto said.
Soto’s family reached out to the White Sox to ask for the “Loretta’s Lounge” sign to hang in a family bar but was told the team disposed of it.