Construction began on November 17, 2009, with a ground-breaking ceremony by Diamondbacks President and CEO Derrick Hall,[4] as an aggressive, fast-tracked schedule—to get the stadium done by the 2011 spring-training season—began.

[5] The field turf is made up of a specially engineered Tifway 419 Bermuda Grass grown in Eloy.

Several points of access to the stadium bring visitors in through the middle of the practice fields and batting facilities.

"[9] According to a 2011 report by The Arizona Republic, the Cactus League generated more than $300 million a year in economic impact to the greater Phoenix metropolitan area economy.

The Salt River Fields at Talking Stick complex was the latest of eight new stadiums built in the Valley of the Sun during a 20-year span.