San Francisco Giants: The Giants and Scottsdale agreed to a deal that will keep the team's spring-training camp in town through 2025.
"It's a big part of our heritage coming to Arizona every
year," Giants executive vice president Larry Baer said Friday.
"We wanted to make sure we were going to be here for a long, long
time."
The agreement, scheduled to be approved Tuesday by the City Council, contains options that could extend it through 2035. The deal calls for the Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority to spend $20 million and for Scottsdale to give $3.1 million to upgrade the team's facilities at Scottsdale Stadium and at Indian School Park. An additional playing field and an infield are to be constructed on land beyond right field at the ballpark.
San Francisco's current agreement with the city runs through 2007, when all construction is scheduled to be completed.
The Giants have trained in Scottsdale since 1982 and are in their 58th spring training in Arizona.