Editor’s Note: The above video is from May when images of a possible new stadium for the Arizona Diamondbacks were released online.
Officials with the City of Henderson “quietly” began an attempt to pull the Arizona Diamondbacks away from Phoenix and into Nevada last year, according to a report in the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
According to records obtained by the Review-Journal, the two sides were in talks “as late as February.”
The D-backs, however, can’t make a move like this without the permission of Major League Baseball, which they don’t have and don’t appear to want.
In a statement provided to 12 News, the D-backs said they’re not looking to move.
“A number of cities have expressed interest but we have not pursued any because we have not received permission from MLB and our desire is, first and foremost, to stay in Arizona.”
According to the Review-Journal, renderings of the Nevada ballpark showed a retractable roof with one of the proposed sites for the stadium being behind the Raiders’ future Nevada headquarters.
