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{{Short description|Sports venue in Tucson, Arizona}}
{{Infobox Stadium
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| name = Kino Stadium
| image = [[Image:TucsonElectric.jpg|250px]]
|name = Kino Sports Complex
|nickname = Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium <small>(baseball)</small><br />North Stadium <small>(soccer)</small>
| caption = Kino Stadium prior to a Spring Training game, March 2005
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|former_names = Tucson Electric Park (1998–2010)
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| coordinates = {{Coord|32|10|36.03|N|110|56|0.12|W|display=inline}}
| opened = 1998
|image = Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium Seating.jpg
| owner = [[Pima County, Arizona|Pima County]]
|image_size = 250px
| operator = Pima County Stadium District
|caption = Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium during a spring training game, March 2013
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|coordinates = {{Coord|32|10|36|N|110|56|0|W|display=inline}}
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| former_names = Tucson Electric Park (1998-2010)
| surface = grass
|broke_ground = February 14, 1997
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|built =
| capacity = 11,500 (8,000 metal seats, lawn seating for 3,000, 500 standing areas)
|opened = February 27, 1998<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseballpilgrimages.com/spring/tucson.html|title=Tucson Electric Park|website=www.baseballpilgrimages.com}}</ref>
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| dimensions = Right/Left F. - 340 ft (103.6 m) <br/> Center F. - 405 ft (123.4 m)
|owner = [[Pima County, Arizona|Pima County]]
| tenants = [[Arizona Diamondbacks]] ([[Major League Baseball|MLB]] [[spring training]]) (1998-2010) <br/> [[Chicago White Sox]] ([[Major League Baseball|MLB]] [[spring training]]) (1998-2008) <br/> [[Tucson Sidewinders]] ([[Pacific Coast League|PCL]]) (1998-2008) <br/> [[Tucson Padres]] ([[Pacific Coast League|PCL]]) (2011- )
|operator = Pima County Stadium District
|surface = Grass
|construction_cost = $38 million<ref>{{cite news |title=Baseball Tax Plan Adds Local Diversions to the List|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ADSB&s_site=azstarnet&f_site=azstarnet&f_sitename=Arizona+Daily+Star%2C+The+%28AZ%29&p_multi=ADSB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=121B8ACC6F13D970&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|newspaper=Arizona Daily Star|date=June 28, 2008}}</ref><br />(${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|38000000|1998}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars{{inflation-fn|US}})
|architect = Populous
|structural engineer = HMW Consulting Structural Engineers Inc.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hmwstructural.com/html/tep.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505200404/http://www.hmwstructural.com/html/tep.html |url-status=dead |title=Tucson Electric Park – Holben, Martin & White Consulting Structural Engineers Inc.|archive-date=May 5, 2014}}</ref>
|services engineer = M-E Engineers, Inc.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://me-engineers.com/Projects/sports.html|title=sports.html|date=January 15, 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020115231407/http://me-engineers.com/Projects/sports.html|archive-date=2002-01-15}}</ref>
|general_contractor = Conelly Swinerton<ref>{{cite news |title=Field Construction Hot Ticket for Valley Crest|first=Tara|last=Teichgraeber|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/1998/04/06/story6.html|newspaper=Phoenix Business Journal|date=April 5, 1998}}</ref>
|capacity = <small>Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium</small><br />11,500<br /><small>North Stadium</small><br />3,200
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|dimensions = Foul lines – 340&nbsp;ft (103.6 m)<br />Center field – 405&nbsp;ft (123.4 m)
|tenants = '''Memorial Stadium'''<br>[[Arizona Diamondbacks]] ([[Cactus League|MLB]])* (1998–2010)<br />[[Chicago White Sox]] ([[Cactus League|MLB]])* (1998–2008)<br />[[Tucson Sidewinders]] ([[Pacific Coast League|PCL]]) (1998–2008)<br />[[Tucson Padres]] ([[Pacific Coast League|PCL]]) (2011–2013)<br />[[Tucson Saguaros]] ([[Pecos League|PL]]) (2016–2017, 2022–present)<br>'''North Stadium'''<br>[[FC Tucson]] ([[USL League Two|USL2]]) (2012–present)<br />[[Pima Community College#Athletics|Pima CC Aztecs]] football (2014–2018)
|website = {{URL|http://www.kinosportscomplex.com}}
}}
}}
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'''Kino Sports Complex''' is a multiple-use sports complex in [[Tucson, Arizona]]. The [[Arizona Diamondbacks]] and [[Chicago White Sox]] formerly utilized the complex's main ballpark, '''Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium''', for [[Cactus League]] games each March and had their minor league complexes on-site. The ballpark was also home to the [[Tucson Sidewinders]] of the [[Pacific Coast League]] for the team's last decade in Tucson, running from the stadium's 1998 opening season to the 2008 season. The ballpark was a temporary home (2011–2013) to the [[Tucson Padres]] (formerly the Portland Beavers) of the Pacific Coast League during the team's relocation to [[El Paso, Texas]]. It is also the regular season home of the [[Pecos League]]'s [[Tucson Saguaros]] baseball team since 2016. It seats 11,500 fans, and hosts concerts in addition to its primary function as a baseball park.


Kino Sports Complex is also used to host [[association football|soccer]] matches. [[FC Tucson]] of [[USL League Two]] plays its home matches at the complex's North Stadium, its primary soccer stadium. The complex serves as the preseason home of [[Major League Soccer]]'s [[New York Red Bulls]] and host of the [[Desert Diamond Cup]] preseason soccer tournament.
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'''Kino Stadium''' is a stadium in [[Tucson, Arizona]]. The [[Arizona Diamondbacks]] and [[Chicago White Sox]] formerly utilized the park for [[Cactus League]] games each March and had their minor league complexes on-site. It was also home to the [[Tucson Sidewinders]] of the [[Pacific Coast League]] for the team's last decade in Tucson, running from the stadium's 1998 opening season to the 2008 season. It will play host to the [[Tucson Padres]] (formerly the Portland Beavers) of the Pacific Coast League for at least the 2011 season as they await a decision on approval of a new stadium in [[Escondido, California]]. The stadium was [[Stadium#Corporate naming|named]] for the local [[electric utility]], [[Tucson Electric Power]] until 2010. It seats 11,500 fans. Concerts are often held at the stadium as well.


==Trivia==
==History==
===Spring training and AAA venue===
* Kino Stadium was the site where [[Randy Johnson]] threw a pitch that fatally hit a bird. The pitch was ruled no pitch.<ref name="rj">{{Cite web| last = ESPN.com News Services | first = | title = Bird 'explodes' after flying in path of fastball | publisher = [[ESPN.com]] | date = 2001-03-26 | url = http://static.espn.go.com/mlb/news/2001/0325/1161522.html | accessdate = 2009-03-06 }}</ref>
Tucson Electric Park opened in 1998. Larger and more modern than central Tucson's [[Hi Corbett Field]], it is situated 4 miles south of Hi Corbett, at the intersection of several major thoroughfares including [[Interstate 10 in Arizona|I-10]] and [[Arizona State Route 86|SR-86]]. TEP opened the same year that the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]] began operations in Phoenix, and the [[Tucson Toros]] moved from Hi Corbett to TEP, renamed themselves the [[Tucson Sidewinders]], and became the Diamondbacks' AAA affiliate. Furthermore, the Diamondbacks themselves became a tenant of TEP for [[spring training]], sharing the facility with the [[Chicago White Sox]] (who moved from their previous spring training facility in [[Sarasota, Florida]]). Across town, the [[Colorado Rockies]] continued to hold their spring training at Hi Corbett Field.


===Mexican Rookie team===
==After baseball==
The unaffiliated [[Tucson Mexican All-Stars]] of the [[Arizona Rookie League]] played at the spring training complex across from the stadium from 1998 to 2000.
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The Chicago White Sox had an agreement to move to [[Glendale, Arizona|Glendale]] in a stadium that was completed in the 2009 season. However, the Sox' lease on Kino was to last through 2012. In order to leave Kino early, the Sox proposed a youth baseball academy backed by Major League Baseball surrounding Kino. On November 18, 2008 the [[Pima County, Arizona|Pima County]] Board of Supervisors agreed to the White Sox's revised offer of $5 million, thus allowing the team to move Glendale in time for the 2009 season.<ref>http://www.azcentral.com/community/glendale/articles/2008/11/18/20081118gl-soxbuyout1118.html</ref>
The Diamondbacks and the [[Colorado Rockies]], spring training occupant of Tucson's [[Hi Corbett Field]], indicated that they would both need Tucson to have 3 teams in order to continue playing there.<ref>http://www.pima.gov/current/White.Sox.economic.development.proposal.pdf</ref>
The Diamondbacks and Rockies will share the new [[Salt River Fields at Talking Stick]] in 2011 near Scottsdale, The San Diego Padres Triple-A affiliate will play the 2011 season at the Kino Stadium. They were formally known as the Portland Beavers. They will play in Tucson for an indeterminate time as the San Diego Padres organization tries to arrange for a stadium to be approved and constructed in Escondido, California.<ref>http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/121810_tucson_padres</ref>


===Departure of MLB spring training===
The [[Pima College]] Aztecs [[American football|football]] team will play its entire home schedule at Kino Stadium starting in 2010.
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The Chicago White Sox had an agreement to move to [[Glendale, Arizona|Glendale]] in a stadium that was completed in the 2009 season. However, the Sox' lease on TEP was to last through 2012. In order to leave TEP early, the Sox proposed a youth baseball academy backed by Major League Baseball surrounding TEP. On November 18, 2008, the [[Pima County, Arizona|Pima County]] Board of Supervisors agreed to the White Sox's revised offer of $5 million, thus allowing the team to move to Glendale in time for the 2009 season.<ref>{{cite news |title=White Sox Will Play in Glendale Next Spring|first=Carrie|last=Watters|url=http://www.azcentral.com/community/glendale/articles/2008/11/18/20081118gl-soxbuyout1118.html|newspaper=The Arizona Republic|date=November 18, 2008}}</ref> [[Colorado Rockies]], spring training occupant of Tucson's [[Hi Corbett Field]], and the Arizona Diamondbacks, who were tenants at TEP and the Kino Sports Complex, indicated that they would both need Tucson to have three teams in order to continue playing there.<ref>[http://www.pima.gov/current/White.Sox.economic.development.proposal.pdf White Sox Economic Development Proposal] {{Dead link|date=January 2025}}</ref> Tucson was therefore abandoned as a spring training venue, and all [[Cactus League]] games now take place in the [[Phoenix metropolitan area]]. The Diamondbacks and Rockies share the new [[Salt River Fields at Talking Stick]], which opened in 2011 near [[Scottsdale, Arizona|Scottsdale]].

===Departure of the Sidewinders===
The Tucson Sidewinders also played their last season at TEP in 2008. The team moved to [[Reno, Nevada]], renaming itself the [[Reno Aces]] and remaining the AAA affiliate of the Diamondbacks.

At the same time, the [[Reno Silver Sox (Golden Baseball League)|Reno Silver Sox]] of the [[Independent league baseball|independent]] [[Golden Baseball League]], displaced by the arrival of the Aces, relocated to Tucson. Instead of using TEP, however, the new team located itself at the more historic Hi Corbett Field and retook the historic name of the [[Tucson Toros]].

TEP was thus, for a time, without any Major League or minor league baseball tenant.

===Name change===
In 2010, after the end of the [[Stadium#Corporate naming|naming agreement]] with the local [[electric utility]], [[Tucson Electric Power]], the stadium was renamed after [[Eusebio Kino]], the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] [[Spanish missions in the Sonoran Desert|missionary]] who first explored southern Arizona in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The Pima County Board of Supervisors approved the name change (Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium) on January 18, 2011.

===Tucson Padres===
In 2011, the San Diego Padres Triple-A affiliate relocated from [[Portland, Oregon]] to Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium and renamed itself the [[Tucson Padres]]. They were formerly known as the [[Portland Beavers]]. Originally the San Diego Padres organization wanted to arrange for a stadium to be approved and constructed in [[Escondido, California]], however that stadium plan later fell through when California eliminated their redevelopment agencies.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tucson's New Triple-A Team Announces Name: Tucson Padres|first=Dylan|last=Smith|url=http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/121810_tucson_padres|newspaper=Tucson Sentinel|date=December 18, 2010}}</ref> The team departed Tucson for [[El Paso, Texas]] prior to the beginning of the 2014 season and assumed the name "[[El Paso Chihuahuas]]."<ref>{{cite news |title=Tucson Padres Owner to Look at Selling Team|first=Patrick|last=Finley|url=http://azstarnet.com/sports/baseball/professional/minor/tucson-padres-new-california-stadium-deal-looks-unlikely/article_8ee8ffec-3254-11e1-85ad-001871e3ce6c.html|newspaper=Arizona Daily Star|date=December 29, 2011}}</ref>

===FC Tucson===
Since 2012, [[FC Tucson]] has played its games at Kino Sports Complex's North Stadium. The club began its existence in the Premier Development League (now [[USL League Two]]), and in 2019 began play in the higher-level [[USL League One]]. In 2023, the team went back to USL League Two.

===Pima Community College===
The [[Pima Community College]] Aztecs [[American football|football]] played its home games at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium for several seasons. The team moved to the Kino Sports Complex North Stadium for the 2014 season until the school ended its football program completely in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pimaaztecs.com/sports/fball/2018-19/releases/20181201v7mjn2|title=Aztecs football falls to Kilgore College in Heart of Texas Bowl|publisher=Pima Aztecs|date=December 1, 2018}}</ref>

===World Baseball Classic===
The qualifiers for the [[2023 World Baseball Classic]] were held at Armin-Wolf-Arena in September 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-23 |title=Hall of Famer Mike Piazza to manage Italy when World Baseball Classic returns in 2023 |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/hall-of-famer-mike-piazza-to-manage-italy-when-world-baseball-classic-returns-in-2023/ |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=CBSSports.com |language=en}}</ref>


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://www.kinosportscomplex.com Kino Sports Complex, operators of Tucson Electric Park]
* [http://www.kinosportscomplex.com Kino Sports Complex, operators of Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium]
* [https://www.fctucson.com/kinosportscomplex FC Tucson – Stadium]
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*[http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/spring_training/ballpark.jsp?c_id=ari Ballpark page on ''dbacks.com'']
* [http://www.littleballparks.com/Stadium/2013/Tucson/Tucson.htm Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium – ''Ball Parks of the Minor Leagues'']
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090125113951/http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/spring_training/ballpark.jsp?c_id=ari Ballpark page on dbacks.com]


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Latest revision as of 21:05, 9 January 2025

Kino Sports Complex
Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium (baseball)
North Stadium (soccer)
Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium during a spring training game, March 2013
Map
Former namesTucson Electric Park (1998–2010)
Coordinates32°10′36″N 110°56′0″W / 32.17667°N 110.93333°W / 32.17667; -110.93333
OwnerPima County
OperatorPima County Stadium District
CapacityKino Veterans Memorial Stadium
11,500
North Stadium
3,200
Field sizeFoul lines – 340 ft (103.6 m)
Center field – 405 ft (123.4 m)
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Broke groundFebruary 14, 1997
OpenedFebruary 27, 1998[1]
Construction cost$38 million[2]
($71 million in 2023 dollars[3])
ArchitectPopulous
Structural engineerHMW Consulting Structural Engineers Inc.[4]
Services engineerM-E Engineers, Inc.[5]
General contractorConelly Swinerton[6]
Tenants
Memorial Stadium
Arizona Diamondbacks (MLB)* (1998–2010)
Chicago White Sox (MLB)* (1998–2008)
Tucson Sidewinders (PCL) (1998–2008)
Tucson Padres (PCL) (2011–2013)
Tucson Saguaros (PL) (2016–2017, 2022–present)
North Stadium
FC Tucson (USL2) (2012–present)
Pima CC Aztecs football (2014–2018)
Website
www.kinosportscomplex.com

Kino Sports Complex is a multiple-use sports complex in Tucson, Arizona. The Arizona Diamondbacks and Chicago White Sox formerly utilized the complex's main ballpark, Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, for Cactus League games each March and had their minor league complexes on-site. The ballpark was also home to the Tucson Sidewinders of the Pacific Coast League for the team's last decade in Tucson, running from the stadium's 1998 opening season to the 2008 season. The ballpark was a temporary home (2011–2013) to the Tucson Padres (formerly the Portland Beavers) of the Pacific Coast League during the team's relocation to El Paso, Texas. It is also the regular season home of the Pecos League's Tucson Saguaros baseball team since 2016. It seats 11,500 fans, and hosts concerts in addition to its primary function as a baseball park.

Kino Sports Complex is also used to host soccer matches. FC Tucson of USL League Two plays its home matches at the complex's North Stadium, its primary soccer stadium. The complex serves as the preseason home of Major League Soccer's New York Red Bulls and host of the Desert Diamond Cup preseason soccer tournament.

History

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Spring training and AAA venue

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Tucson Electric Park opened in 1998. Larger and more modern than central Tucson's Hi Corbett Field, it is situated 4 miles south of Hi Corbett, at the intersection of several major thoroughfares including I-10 and SR-86. TEP opened the same year that the Arizona Diamondbacks began operations in Phoenix, and the Tucson Toros moved from Hi Corbett to TEP, renamed themselves the Tucson Sidewinders, and became the Diamondbacks' AAA affiliate. Furthermore, the Diamondbacks themselves became a tenant of TEP for spring training, sharing the facility with the Chicago White Sox (who moved from their previous spring training facility in Sarasota, Florida). Across town, the Colorado Rockies continued to hold their spring training at Hi Corbett Field.

Mexican Rookie team

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The unaffiliated Tucson Mexican All-Stars of the Arizona Rookie League played at the spring training complex across from the stadium from 1998 to 2000.

Departure of MLB spring training

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The Chicago White Sox had an agreement to move to Glendale in a stadium that was completed in the 2009 season. However, the Sox' lease on TEP was to last through 2012. In order to leave TEP early, the Sox proposed a youth baseball academy backed by Major League Baseball surrounding TEP. On November 18, 2008, the Pima County Board of Supervisors agreed to the White Sox's revised offer of $5 million, thus allowing the team to move to Glendale in time for the 2009 season.[7] Colorado Rockies, spring training occupant of Tucson's Hi Corbett Field, and the Arizona Diamondbacks, who were tenants at TEP and the Kino Sports Complex, indicated that they would both need Tucson to have three teams in order to continue playing there.[8] Tucson was therefore abandoned as a spring training venue, and all Cactus League games now take place in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The Diamondbacks and Rockies share the new Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, which opened in 2011 near Scottsdale.

Departure of the Sidewinders

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The Tucson Sidewinders also played their last season at TEP in 2008. The team moved to Reno, Nevada, renaming itself the Reno Aces and remaining the AAA affiliate of the Diamondbacks.

At the same time, the Reno Silver Sox of the independent Golden Baseball League, displaced by the arrival of the Aces, relocated to Tucson. Instead of using TEP, however, the new team located itself at the more historic Hi Corbett Field and retook the historic name of the Tucson Toros.

TEP was thus, for a time, without any Major League or minor league baseball tenant.

Name change

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In 2010, after the end of the naming agreement with the local electric utility, Tucson Electric Power, the stadium was renamed after Eusebio Kino, the Jesuit missionary who first explored southern Arizona in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The Pima County Board of Supervisors approved the name change (Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium) on January 18, 2011.

Tucson Padres

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In 2011, the San Diego Padres Triple-A affiliate relocated from Portland, Oregon to Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium and renamed itself the Tucson Padres. They were formerly known as the Portland Beavers. Originally the San Diego Padres organization wanted to arrange for a stadium to be approved and constructed in Escondido, California, however that stadium plan later fell through when California eliminated their redevelopment agencies.[9] The team departed Tucson for El Paso, Texas prior to the beginning of the 2014 season and assumed the name "El Paso Chihuahuas."[10]

FC Tucson

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Since 2012, FC Tucson has played its games at Kino Sports Complex's North Stadium. The club began its existence in the Premier Development League (now USL League Two), and in 2019 began play in the higher-level USL League One. In 2023, the team went back to USL League Two.

Pima Community College

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The Pima Community College Aztecs football played its home games at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium for several seasons. The team moved to the Kino Sports Complex North Stadium for the 2014 season until the school ended its football program completely in 2018.[11]

World Baseball Classic

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The qualifiers for the 2023 World Baseball Classic were held at Armin-Wolf-Arena in September 2022.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Tucson Electric Park". www.baseballpilgrimages.com.
  2. ^ "Baseball Tax Plan Adds Local Diversions to the List". Arizona Daily Star. June 28, 2008.
  3. ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  4. ^ "Tucson Electric Park – Holben, Martin & White Consulting Structural Engineers Inc". Archived from the original on May 5, 2014.
  5. ^ "sports.html". January 15, 2002. Archived from the original on 2002-01-15.
  6. ^ Teichgraeber, Tara (April 5, 1998). "Field Construction Hot Ticket for Valley Crest". Phoenix Business Journal.
  7. ^ Watters, Carrie (November 18, 2008). "White Sox Will Play in Glendale Next Spring". The Arizona Republic.
  8. ^ White Sox Economic Development Proposal [dead link‍]
  9. ^ Smith, Dylan (December 18, 2010). "Tucson's New Triple-A Team Announces Name: Tucson Padres". Tucson Sentinel.
  10. ^ Finley, Patrick (December 29, 2011). "Tucson Padres Owner to Look at Selling Team". Arizona Daily Star.
  11. ^ "Aztecs football falls to Kilgore College in Heart of Texas Bowl". Pima Aztecs. December 1, 2018.
  12. ^ "Hall of Famer Mike Piazza to manage Italy when World Baseball Classic returns in 2023". CBSSports.com. 2022-03-23. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
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