"It’s a short amount of time, but we were really prepared," said Matt Slatus with Camelback Ranch in Scottsdale. "We prepped for games to begin on February 26, then we prepped for games on March 8, and now here, we are opening up tomorrow, March 17. White Sox, Cubs, as big as it gets. We’re ready.""We will sell out a significant number of games," said Slatus.Tiffany Priester is busy making wood fired pizzas for Dough Riders.
"It’s supposed to be real Important," said Priester. "We would have sold a lot of pizzas there. People would have been real happy. We’ll really miss that."Slatus said they will still have more than 50% of originally scheduled games, which is good news for the economy. "It’s unbelievable when you look at this ballpark and the number of people that work here every day. We’re talking about hundreds of people with seasonal employment, heads in beds for hotel partners, people sitting at tables in restaurants. Spring training is a significant part of the economy in the State of Arizona," said Slatus.
According to the Cactus League, even in the shortened 2020 season, Spring training brought more than $300 million dollars into Arizona's economy.
Source: Financial Digest (financialdigest.net)
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