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In 2018, then-Maricopa County Supervisor Steve Chucri declared taxpayers would not “pay a single cent more for stadium costs” under a new agreement between the county and the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Now, the baseball team is set to receive an estimated $1.2 billion in taxpayer dollars over 30 years for upgrades at its home stadium, Chase Field.

Yesterday, Gov. Katie Hobbs hosted a ceremonial signing of the bill that won the Diamondbacks a decade-long fight to subsidize a private franchise with public money.