Plans Announced for Major Renovation of Tempe Baseball Stadium

The Tempe Diablo Stadium is expected to see up to $50 million in renovations in an effort to update the oldest such facility in the Cactus League.

The Los Angeles Angels and the City of Tempe say the stadium’s extensive modernization will be done in two phases and will see the building of a 3-story addition on the third base side of the stadium, along with a new 2-story clubhouse.

Additional improvements will include new retail space, new entrance and exit locations, a new scoreboard and the installation of shade seating structures.

Located at 2200 W. Alameda Drive on the west side of the city, the Tempe Diablo Stadium was built in 1968 and has served as the spring training home for the Los Angeles Angels for the last nearly three decades.

The structure, on a 75-acre site, last underwent a significant renovation, at a cost of $20 million, in 2006.

The new stadium work is the result of an agreement announced earlier this year between the Angels and the city keeping the team in Tempe until 2035.

The facility was originally called the Pilot Stadium after the Seattle Pilots, which played their first season there, before being renamed the Tempe Diablo Stadium in 1977.

The Angels’ spring training season attracts tens of thousands of visitors to the Tempe area.

According to a study undertaken by Arizona State University’s W.P. Carey School of Business, last year’s season brought in nearly $214 million in revenue to the state.

By Garry Boulard

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