Mesa Council Approves New Cubs Facilities, Waits For Word From Team

A beer vendor at the Cubs’ current home for spring training, Hohokam Park.

Monday evening the Mesa City Council approved an $84 million proposal for new spring training facilities for the Chicago Cubs. The team is expected to respond with the final word on the proposal sometime in the next few days.

Writes Dave van Dyck on Chicago Breaking Sports:

If the Cubs board approves the proposal for a new 15,000-seat stadium
modeled after Wrigley Field, the two parties would enter into an
exclusive negotiations period.

Not only would the Cubs operate
the new complex, which would be built east of HoHoKam Park along the
202 Freeway, but they would try to find another team to take over the
old site.

Friday, the Mayor of Mesa, Scott Smith, spoke about the specifics of the proposal on the “Roc and Manuch” show on The Fan, AM 1060. Check out the interview at Fanster.com.

[HT to NSNG reader Greg Esposito for the interview.]