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Cubs Abandon Plan To Tax Everyone Else
Written by wrigleyville   
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Frys.com Open - Round Two

Crane Kenney said the Cubs are backing off the league-wide ticket tax to pay for their new spring training facility - which is curious, since they had previously said this was all a state plan:

The Chicago Cubs have ditched plans for an 8 percent tax on all Cactus League tickets to help pay for a new $80 million spring training ballpark in Mesa.

The Cubs have threatened to move their spring training from Mesa to Naples, Fla., unless they get a new stadium. The Cubs are the biggest attendance draw in the Cactus League.

But Cubs President Crane Kenney said Thursday that the team does not need the tax to help finance the new stadium. Kenney said the team could finance the stadium through a $1 increase to Maricopa County’s rental car tax, bonding and spending increases to be voted on by Mesa voters.

(click "read more" for full article)

The city of Mesa, Republican lawmakers and the Cubs had been pushing for the ticket tax at the Arizona Legislature. The plan ran into opposition from the Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago White Sox and other Cactus League teams. Those teams balked at having their fans pay fees to build a stadium for the Cubs.

If so, what's to back off? Can the Cubs back off of a state plan? Curious.

Either way, more news is coming:

Kenney said a site for the new ballpark could be announced in two weeks. One location could be at the former GM Proving Grounds next to Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport.

I'm not sure that's convenient for me, given that I'm in Philadelphia. But OK.



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