Mesa City Council could finalize a plan to bring the Oakland A's to Hohokam Stadium for spring training during its meeting Monday.

The spring home of the Chicago Cubs now belongs to Mesa. The City Council on Thursday decided to pay off a $9.7 million loan to renovate Hohokam Stadium eight years early, a financial move that frees up cash flow and positions the city better when it comes time to renegotiate with the Cubs, officials said.

At least two Major League Baseball teams are interested enough in Mesa’s Hohokam Stadium that they’ve hired engineers to study revamping the facility for their own use.

A baseball foundation that donates about $50,000 a year to Valley-based charities — money raised through former Major Leaguers selling autographs and memorabilia during spring training — has been moved from its familiar position, but remains a presence at Mesa’s Hohokam Stadium.

It’s been more than 35 years since the Oakland A’s made a change in its spring training itinerary, leaving Mesa for Scottsdale, before settling in on the Phoenix-Tempe border.

Mesa's Hohokam Stadium will host the Western Athletic Conference baseball championship tournament beginning next spring.

While Chase Field in Phoenix was filled with Arizona Diamondbacks fans, Hohokam Stadium in Mesa was adorned with Chicago Cubs banners, logos, pictures, and a few more Diamondbacks fans.

Bigger venues and nicer stadiums are on tap the rest of this month for several high school and junior high baseball teams in the East Valley.

The city of Mesa believes it will seal a deal to become the home of its second Cactus League team by the end of this year.

The Oakland Athletics are negotiating with Mesa to move their spring training operations from Phoenix to where the Chicago Cubs now practice, the A's announced Monday.

Cubs and Diamondbacks fans can enjoy the playoff games at a free viewing party today and Thursday at Hohokam Stadium in Mesa.

Chicago Cubs and White Sox fans helped break a national spring training attendance record Saturday at Mesa's Hohokam Stadium.

Is the water supply in the Valley sustainable for the near future? What about for the next 1,000 years? These are just a few of the questions asked in Chandler Museum’s new exhibit, “Choosing a Future with Water: Lessons from the Hohokam.”

The Big Pour, a new beer festival created by Valley-based Draft magazine, will debut Saturday at HoHoKam Stadium in Mesa.

The Chicago Cubs are starting their campaign to win a Nov. 2 election that would let it and the city build a massive new spring training complex dubbed Wrigleyville West.

The Chicago Cubs are starting their campaign to win a Nov. 2 election that would let it and the city build a massive new spring training complex dubbed Wrigleyville West.

March 24, 2005

Mesa is offering tours this summer of Hohokam Stadium, the spring training home of the Chicago Cubs.

Nearly 10,500 fans gathered to bid a farewell to the 2013 Major League Baseball Spring Training season Thursday afternoon.

Grant jump-starts city's recycling programs