Members of the Arrowhead Little League also passed out commemorative baseballs and dignitaries officially broke ground in a ceremonial shovel dig.
The site is located at 111th Avenue, west of the Loop 101 between Camelback Road and Glendale
Avenue, and reaches across both Glendale and Phoenix city borders. The two-team facility will be the new
home to the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox, and in addition to state-of-the-art baseball
facilities, the site will include, residential, restaurant and retail development, 4-star hotel and 18-hole golf
course, developed by Rightpath Limited Development Group.
Located just across the Loop 101 from Glendale’s Sports and Entertainment District, this project
will complement the existing amenities in the area, providing additional venues and entertainment options
to an area already expected to generate a regional economic impact of more than $1 billion over the next
two years.
This unprecedented project partners two of the state’s largest cities in an effort to benefit an entire
region. It will provide baseball fans, residents and tourists a full array of activities and create economic and
tourism opportunities that will make the region’s newest sports and entertainment district like no other in
the country.
Based on a 2006 Economic Impact Study conducted by Economic Research Associates (ERA),
it is estimated that moving the Dodgers and White Sox will have a substantial economic impact for
Glendale, Phoenix and the region. It is anticipated that the economic impact for the region could be as
much as $19 million per year.
Details of the project are as follows:
- The facility will consist of a 10,000-seat stadium, with 3,000 lawn seats
- 118,000 sq. feet of major and minor league clubhouses for the two teams
- Four major league practice fields
- Eight minor league practice fields
- Two practice infields
- The site will include parking to accommodate 5,000 vehicles.
To download the entire press kit, click here. (PDF)
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