By Jessica Boehm | The Republic
After years of controversy and legal battles, the massive Big League Dreams ballpark in Gilbert — once touted as the “Disneyland for Athletes” — shut its doors for repairs, citing “dangerous” safety conditions.
Big League Dreams, the operator of the town-owned ballpark, said it had no forewarning that the park would shutter Friday. The park won’t reopen until early 2019.
According to court records, Gilbert officials told Big League Dreams it planned to close the facility in September.