Cubs’ New Mesa Stadium in Doubt

Chicago Cubs ownership have threatened to move the team’s spring training base camp out of Mesa unless they can build a new $80 million stadium. The proposal to issue a tax on all Cactus League tickets was nixed this week with a number of teams rejecting the idea of having their fans pay extra to build the Cubs a facility. Other ideas have been put forth such as taxing everything from rental cars to restaurants to help pay for the stadium. Should the Cubs move out of Mesa it would deal a blow to the economy which benefits from all the Cubbie fans attending spring training every year. Cubs fans make up the biggest portion of ticket buyers in Cactus League and therefore a new stadium could be what’s best for the long term future of the spring training league.
Posted: March 11th, 2010 under Cubs News, Spring Training.
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