Mesa is the largest city in the East Valley and home to real industrial weight — Boeing's only U.S. Apache helicopter production line runs here, and it's been the Chicago Cubs' spring training home for over 50 years — a market with a genuinely broad mix of families and employers, not just a bedroom community.
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Bell Bank rescinded its naming rights to the Mesa sports complex, then called Bell Bank Park, in spring 2023 because of its owner's financial troubles. The nonprofit owner, Legacy Cares, filed for Chapter 11 in May 2023 owing more than $366 million to over 200 creditors, and a new ownership group closed its acquisition of the 320-acre complex, for more than $25 million, in December 2023 and renamed it Arizona Athletic Grounds.
Arizona Athletic Grounds reported more than 2.8 million visits in 2025, up 16% from the year before, with guests from all 50 states; local residents accounted for 74% of visits. These are the venue's own figures.
Tournaments and large sports complexes bring visiting families to town. Read How Local Businesses Can Benefit When a Major Youth Tournament Comes to Town.
Find corporate sponsors for your Mesa-area organization — jerseys, field signage, tournaments, and more — and put the support back into your kids' season.
See Options for Organizations →Reach Mesa-area families through youth sports sponsorships — 67% of youth sports parents say they're more likely to buy from a brand that sponsors their child's team than from one that sponsors a pro team they follow.
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Your sponsors, found and handled, so your volunteers can get back to the kids.