By Rebekah L. Sanders | The Republic
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Wednesday to move forward with negotiations to sell Chase Field, the downtown Phoenix home of the Arizona Diamondbacks, to private out-of-state investors.
The buyers would be required to purchase the stadium and land for no less than $60 million. County officials said that figure is higher than a 2010 appraisal that never was finalized, which valued the stadium at about $40 million.
But the county vote raised several key questions that went unanswered, including whether the team would support a sale and whether a taxpayer subsidy would be included.
