{"id":1337,"date":"2025-06-21T04:10:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T04:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1337\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T04:10:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T04:10:15","slug":"d-backs-ceo-hall-sees-misconceptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1337\/","title":{"rendered":"D-backs CEO Hall sees misconceptions"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Arizona Senate passed House Bill 2704 aiming to fund Chase Field renovations late Thursday night. While Diamondbacks president and CEO Derrick Hall sees the clouds parting for the D-backs to find a long-term solution for their home, he believes some of the 11 dissenting voters in the Senate continue to misunderstand how the funding will be used.<\/p>\n

\u201c(The money\u2019s) not going to us. It\u2019s going into a building that is a public asset,\u201d Hall told\u00a0KTAR News 92.3 FM\u2019s The Mike Broomhead Show\u00a0on Friday. \u201cSo I feel good about where we\u2019re at.\u201d<\/p>\n

The bill<\/a> would reinvest sales taxes collected at the ballpark back into renovations, so Hall pushed back on the idea that taxpayers uninterested in the MLB team would be forced to pay for Chase Field\u2019s upkeep.<\/p>\n

Chase Field is owned by the Maricopa County Stadium District, and the Diamondbacks\u2019 lease runs out in 2027.<\/p>\n

The state Senate voted to approve the bill, 19-11.<\/p>\n

If the legislation<\/a> next passes a vote in the House, which previously approved it before the Senate\u2019s amendments, and then gets the OK from Gov. Katie Hobbs, the MLB club would then have to take the next steps of coming to a new lease agreement with Maricopa County,<\/p>\n

Hall said the term \u201cfancy shmancy\u201d was used Thursday to describe renovations the team had planned once acquiring the funding.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell of course we would,\u201d the CEO said, noting fan experience is a top priority before pointing out most of the planned renovations are in areas fans wouldn\u2019t notice.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not fan-facing. It\u2019s infrastructure. It\u2019s fixing the HVAC, it\u2019s fixing the plumbing, it\u2019s putting up new scoreboards and sound systems,\u201d Hall said. \u201cSo those things are going to happen, but if we can improve it so we can generate more revenue and we can compete more on the field, of course we need to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The fight for it to fully pass isn\u2019t over yet.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s next in Chase Field bill process?<\/p>\n

The amended legislation will head back to the Arizona House of Representatives before it can land on Hobbs\u2019 desk to sign into law or veto. The House has adjourned until Monday.<\/p>\n

The House passed the bill 35-25 on Feb. 26, before the legislation was amended during its extended stay in the Senate.<\/p>\n

Amendments approved by the Senate include the removal of income taxes for employees at the stadium that would have been used to fund the stadium projects. The changes also capped what the local government would contribute \u2014 $500 million that will be adjusted yearly for inflation. The total funding will be boosted by the D-backs\u2019 $250 million in contributions.<\/p>\n

Another change increased the county\u2019s tax investment into the stadium to match the city\u2019s.<\/p>\n

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