Play Ball!--First U.S. Spring Training Facility Developed on Indian Land Underway

摘要

The first Major League Baseball spring training facility in the U.S. to be built on Indian land will be ready for business early next year. Scheduled for substantial completion in January and an opening in early March, the facility for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies is near Indian Bend Road and west of the Loop 101 Freeway on 140 acres of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community east of Scottsdale. The 100-million dollars facility is designed by the Phoenix office of HKS Architects and constructed by the Chandler office of Mortenson Construction. The contract between the community and the teams is for similar but independent 25-year leases with options to extend.