The Phoenix Business Journal reports that federal stimulus dollars will go to build MLB training facilities. And it gets better:
Federal stimulus money will help the Salt River-Pima Maricopa Indian Community build a $100 million spring training complex on its reservation for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies.
The Salt River tribe is getting $22.6 million from a $1 billion pool the U.S. Treasury Department has from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for tax-exempt, federally backed bonds dedicated to Native American economic development. The money is going to 58 tribes with the Salt River’s planned use described as a “recreational facility.”
What a great country.
