PHOENIX -- Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred left no doubt where he stood on the ongoing legal situation between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Maricopa County Stadium District when it comes to capital repairs needed at Chase Field.
"We concur wholeheartedly with the Diamondbacks' position that there are substantial needs here, with respect to this stadium, to keep it as a Major League-quality stadium," Manfred said. "It would be unusual for a tenant to be responsible for those sorts of capital repairs, and we think the Diamondbacks have taken the correct position."
A study commissioned by the county revealed that Chase Field would require $187 million worth of maintenance over the next 12 years to keep it current.