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First COVID, now a lockout: MLB labor dispute latest blow for spring training businesses

From bars and cafes to shops and hotels, a cancellation of spring training season would hurt Arizona and Florida businesses that rely on it.

From bars and cafes to shops and hotels, a cancellation of spring training season would hurt Arizona and Florida businesses that rely on it.

In this story published Feb. 27, 2022, on USA Today:

The annual influx of fans helped push the economic impact of spring training to $644.2 million in Arizona before the pandemic, found a study by the L. William Seidman Research Institute at Arizona State University’s W. P. Carey School of Business.


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