Selig says spring “Cubs tax” issue is dead

Posted Mar 27, 2010 by TBO.com

Updated Mar 27, 2010 at 06:05 PM

MESA — Baseball commissioner Bud Selig says there will be no “Cubs tax,” the controversial proposal that would have placed a surcharge on tickets sold at all Arizona spring games to pay for a new ballpark for the Chicago Cubs in Mesa.

There had been much rancor between the Cubs and other teams that train in the state.

Speaking to reporters Saturday at HoHoKam Park, the facility the Cubs have deemed inadequate, Selig said Major League Baseball has taken over negotiations for a new Cubs spring home.

“If everybody will stay out of the way,” he said, “we’ll get something done.”
-The Associated Press