Arizona has already lost one professional sports team in the last year, and it wasn’t going to lose another.

The Diamondbacks’ lease with Maricopa County expires in 2027, leaving a sense of uncertainty between the team and city. With the state still licking its wounds from the departure of the Arizona Coyotes in 2024, working on a deal to keep the Diamondbacks became a priority.

Now, that won’t be a worry for the next 30 years.

Sporting a Diamondbacks jersey, Hobbs signed HB 2704 on top of the Diamondbacks’ dugout to solidify the team’s future for the next three decades. It’s a future that includes renovations to Chase Field, which opened in 1998, the year the Diamondbacks made their MLB debut as an expansion team.

Areas needing renovations include the air conditioning and the retr

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