[5] The field would remain without a permanent tenant until minor-league baseball returned again in 1947 with the Class C Mesa Orphans of the Arizona-Texas League, who served as a replacement for the folded Juarez Indios.

[1][5] Though they only played for one season, they served as a proof of concept for groups seeking to bring Major League spring training to the city.

[2] It wasn't until 1952, however, that the Cubs decided to move their spring training to Mesa from their longtime 'Wrigley Field' site in Avalon, California on Catalina Island.

[1] The decision was reached after considerable lobbying from local rancher Dwight Patterson, who managed to convince Cubs owner Philip K. Wrigley that Mesa was better suited for hosting baseball than isolated and fickle-weathered Avalon.

[4] The Cubs remained at Rendezvous for 14 seasons, playing frequent host to spring training games against the Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, New York/San Francisco Giants and crosstown-rival Chicago White Sox.

[4] Having expressed concerns over tickets sales during the course of the spring training session, the Cubs abruptly left Rendezvous Park in 1965 for Blair Field in Long Beach, California.

[1] The stadium then lacked a permanent tenant until 1969, when the Oakland Athletics decided to relocate their spring training to Rendezvous from McKechnie Field in Bradenton, Florida.

[7] The need for a new facilities would eventually prompt Mesa Mayor Eldon Cooley to purchase a site around a mile away from Rendezvous - near Center Street and Brown Road - with a new stadium in mind.