Important Information : Support Spring Training! Keep Our Bases Loaded!

Economics:A 2007 Cactus League Economic Impact analysis showed that each team generates $10 million in Pima County annually. ($30,693,088 total for Pima County in 2007)

(see the 2007 Cactus League Report for the complete study)

Quality of Life: As our community seeks to recruit additional employers and recruit/retain quality employees, having a rich blend of professional/amateur sports entertainment options is an important element in our overall quality of life.

Diamondback's RFP & Community Response

The volunteers at the Pima County Sports and Tourism Authority have been working diligently to put together a comprehensive plan for addressing Spring Training baseball in Southern Arizona.

If you would like a peek at the first publicly released plan, please visit the Pima County Sports & Tourism website to view a copy of the Arizona Diamondbacks Request for Proposal and our community's response.

Keep Our Bases Loaded!
Thursday, April 2, 2009

This is our chance to show our local Spring Training guests that southern Arizona supports and appreciates our MLB partners. Our goal is to sell our Tucson Electric Park and make a lasting impression at the final 2009 game between the Rockies and Diamondbacks in Tucson!
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Pima County Sports Authority Secures Major Partners

Months of diligent work by members of the Pima County Sports and Tourism Authority are beginning to show dividends in our communities' initiative to retain professional baseball and expand opportunities for youth and amateur sports.
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Tucson would be wise to nurture its baseball ties
South on Craycroft: Life at D-M

By Jim Fisher, www.azstarnet, March 30, 2008

Losing baseball teams has practically morphed from history into folklore in some communities.

The most famous of all examples may be Brooklyn, N.Y., where the Dodgers packed up in 1958 (along with the Giants) and headed to California.
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Spring training's impact exceeds economic numbers

By Gabriela Rico, Arizona Daily Star, March 30, 2008

If players pack up their bats and balls, it could result in higher prices for area attractions, fewer flights out of Tucson International Airport and companies bypassing the Old Pueblo as an option for relocation, spring-training enthusiasts warn.
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State wants Pima to stay in game

by Slade Mead, Arizona Daily Star, March 23, 2008

As a baseball fan, there is no better place to be in March than Arizona. Arizona spring training has grown leaps and bounds in the past 62 years. At first, it was only the Indians in Tucson and the Giants in Phoenix. Now, 12 Major League clubs call Arizona their springtime home and two more are on their way for 2009.
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Additional Information

Please see the websites below for more information about Spring Training in Tucson:

Pima County Sports and Tourisim Authority

Tucson Toros

Now's the time to speak up, if you want to keep spring training

by Steve Emerine, AzBiz.com, March 14, 2008

I was surrounded by baseball fans from Tucson, Phoenix, Idaho, Washington, Colorado and elsewhere last week as the Colorado Rockies beat the Seattle Mariners at Hi Corbett Field.
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Business of Sports: Save Spring Training

From Inside Arizona Business with Dana Cooper, March 9, 2008

The Pima County Board of Supervisors approved the formation of an interim sports and tourism authority. The group awaits final approval. Until then, to play or not to play ball is the question before county leaders and Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry.
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County goes to bat to keep, lure teams

Supervisors give go-ahead for sports authority

By Garry Duffy, Tucson Citizen, March 5, 2008

Stealing is an accepted, even honored, gambit in baseball - except when you're talking about swiping somebody else's teams.
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Rockies 'like to believe' they'll stay in Tucson

The Rockies have taken steps to try and ensure they continue to hold spring training at Hi Corbett Field, where they have been based since their inception in 1993.
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Pima County action needed

The Pima County Board of Supervisors should pass a resolution on Tuesday reauthorizing a Pima County Sports and Tourism Authority. Its mission would be to promote amateur athletics and retain and expand professional sports in our region.
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Tucson needs to show the world we are a major league city

Hundreds of sports reporters are about to remind the world Tucson is a
major league city.
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Baseball must be part of Our Future in Tucson!

By John C. Camper, Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, February, 2007

The impact of Spring Training on Tucson is estimated at $30 Million dollars. Visitors and residents alike spend money not only at the ballparks but at local establishments including restaurants, hotels, stores and entertainment venues. Virtually all businesses in this region are affected.
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