Mesa Standing Alone on Cubs Training Facility

With any sort of state funding apparently dead for this legislative session, it appears the City of Mesa is now the only party still in the game regarding a proposed new spring training establishment for the Chicago Cubs. From the outset, only the city and the baseball team were signers to any sort of written agreement, but there was an understanding that the State of Arizona would kick in at least half of the money necessary to get the development constructed. The current circumstance pretty much leaves Mesa where the City of Glendale stands on their recently built facility which accommodates the Chicago White Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Glendale borrowed all the money necessary to build the complex while hoping to be reimbursed tens of millions by the state. So far, it has been two years and this hasn’t happened.

For the sake of Mesa taxpayers, one can only hope this will not be a repeat performance.