By Rebekah L. Sanders | The Republic
The Arizona Diamondbacks can leave Chase Field and end the team’s 20-year residence at the downtown Phoenix stadium as early as 2022, Maricopa County leaders decided Wednesday.
The county Board of Supervisors passed the agreement 4-1 a week after making the deal public, ending a longstanding lawsuit. It allows the team to immediately start looking for another home in exchange for dropping its demand for the county to pay up to $187 million in stadium upgrades.