The Chicago Cubs will continue to train in Mesa if voters approve a referendum on spending on a new $84 million spring facility.
The Chicago Cubs will continue to train in Mesa if voters approve a referendum on spending on a new $84 million spring facility.
The decision wasn't unexpected — Cubs insiders told us it was a certainty despite a pitch from Florida's Collier County — but it's not final. Voters and the Arizona Legislature must approve a sales-tax hike that would fund the public part of the development.
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