Gilbert is negotiating a list of extensive repairs with M.A. Mortenson Construction, the company that built Big League Dreams. The town says structural flaws are rampant in the sports park.
By Srianthi Perera | The Arizona Republic
A consultant says nearly the entire 120,000-square-foot concrete open area at Big League Dreams Gilbert must be replaced because the soil beneath it was insufficiently stabilized during the baseball park’s construction in 2006-07.
But the builder, M.A. Mortenson, is disputing the extent of that work as the two sides continue a months-long negotiation over an extensive list of repairs to the stadium, which will have cost Gilbert taxpayers $53 million by the time the venue’s bonds have been paid off in 2021.
The town has requested Mortenson to correct improper water drainage, level the floors, strengthen the fire lane, remedy erosion behind the dugouts, and repair the baseball bollards, stadium seating, playground shade structure, stairs and handrails that all show decay beyond what might be reasonably expected in a structure so relatively new.
