Cincinnati Reds! Please move to Arizona for Spring Training

Come on Reds, be progressive! Reds in AZ is the future. I may have go out there more than twice a year.

Goodyear is kind of far from the perfecta that is Scottsdale, Mesa, Tempe, and Phoenix - all within a half hour of each other, but I'll take it.


Reds to scout Goodyear, Ariz.
Orlando only Fla. city making pitch to be spring home

BY JOHN FAY | JFAY@ENQUIRER.COM

Reds COO John Allen will be in Goodyear, Ariz., Wednesday to hear that city’s pitch to become the Reds’ new spring training home.

Goodyear is where the Cleveland Indians will begin training in 2009.

The city is pitching a plan for the Reds to share the complex with the Indians.

The Reds started looking for a new spring home in November after a referendum for the last piece of funding to rebuild the Ed Smith Stadium complex was voted down in Sarasota.

The response from other Florida cities trying to land the Reds has been underwhelming.

At this point, Orlando is only city making a pitch to land the Reds.

There’s possibility that Sarasota could make another bid to keep the Reds.

The Reds will train in Sarasota this year. They have an option to renew their lease on a one-year basis up until 2011.

Goodyear is building a $75 million complex for the Indians. It includes an 8,500-seat stadium. In addition to the fixed seats there will be 1,600 berm seats in the outfield and a 400-seat party area.

The ballpark is the centerpiece for a 242-acre Ballpark Village, that includes housing and retail shops.

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