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Cactus League
Where to stay for spring training in Mesa
Mesa has two Cactus League ballparks and we are between them. A house with a pool beats a hotel room for a baseball week, and for a group it usually costs less per head.
The two Mesa ballparks
- Sloan Park is the Chicago Cubs spring home and the largest ballpark in the Cactus League by capacity. It draws the biggest crowds of any spring training site in Arizona.
- Hohokam Stadium is the Athletics spring home, a mile or so up the road from Sloan Park.
The Cactus League runs 15 major league teams across 10 ballparks, all of them inside the greater Phoenix area, so a car and a morning gets you to almost any game on the schedule.
Book earlier than feels necessary
February and March are the two busiest months of our year by a wide margin. The homes that go first are the ones that sleep ten or more, and they go months ahead. If a spring trip is on your list, the honest advice is to lock the dates before Christmas.
What a group actually needs
A kitchen for the morning, somewhere to sit outside after a day game, and enough bathrooms that nobody is waiting. All six houses have a private pool and a hot tub, and March evenings in Mesa are exactly the weather the hot tub was built for.
Which house suits a ball trip
- Ten guests: the 4 Bed Desert Oasis or the 1920s Gatsby Lakefront.
- Sixteen guests: the two homes side by side.
- A smaller group that wants the water: the Pontoon Boat House or Lakefront Oasis.
Getting around
Sky Harbor is the airport for this trip and it is a straightforward drive. Both Mesa ballparks are close enough that you are not planning your day around traffic. Parking at the parks is paid and fills on weekend games, so leaving earlier than you think is the usual advice.
Full detail on the neighborhood is on the Dobson Ranch page.