Cactus League Was and Always Should Be About the Business
By Nathan Torres, Vice President – Communications, Cactus League Association When the New York Giants and Cleveland Indians came to Arizona for the first Cactus League season in 1947, it was the...
View ArticleFor Cactus League Future Will Depend on Local Commitment to a Homegrown Industry
By Mark Coronado, President – Cactus League Association Every few years, a crisis over how to pay for upgrades to a local spring training baseball facility draws attention to the way cities pay for...
View ArticleImpact of Spring Training Lasts All Year long
By Jeff Meyer, Vice President – Government Affairs, Cactus League Association Everyone knows what happens at spring training baseball parks around the Valley in March. Few residents know how much...
View ArticleCactus League Lunch Draws more than 400 to Surprise Ballpark
Hall of Fame third baseman George Brett endorsed the Cactus League during remarks to a group of more than 400 boosters gathered for the annual kick-off event, this year planned as a luncheon event at...
View ArticleOakland A’s, Mesa negotiate final deal on stadium
By Gary Nelson – Arizona Republic Mesa has reached a final agreement for the Oakland Athletics to return their spring training operations to the city beginning in 2015. The deal is expected to receive...
View ArticleTime to maximize the Cactus League experience
By Editorial board The Arizona Republic Every year, Arizona hosts the rough equivalent of a Super Bowl. That’s how important spring training is to state’s economy. This windfall, estimated at more than...
View ArticleSpring training is best bargain for seeing major-league game
By Michael Tulumello The Arizona Republic The appeal of spring training seldom has been greater than today, judging by the enormous crowds the Cactus League is drawing. For me, the idea of paying...
View ArticleCactus League Fans Set Attendance Record in 2013
More than 1.7 million fans helped the Cactus League set a new attendance record with the 2013 spring training season that ended Saturday in Arizona. This year’s Arizona spring training season featured...
View ArticleMuseum exhibit seeks Mesa base, may get public funds
A collection of 4,000 baseball artifacts, many of them unique and all of them woven into the story of the Valley itself, may soon have a home in Mesa. The cache of artifacts, photos and documents...
View ArticleMesa Historical Society weighs moving Spring Training museum, other options
A recent decision to remove the Spring Training Museum from November’s Mesa bond election has organizers considering the project’s next step, which could include relocating it to a different city....
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