For years, the fireworks show at Chase Field was a Valley staple on or near July 4th.
But for the second straight year, the Arizona Diamondbacks will not be having a fireworks show at the MLB stadium on Independence Day.
The team’s game against the New York Mets that day is scheduled to begin at 1:10 pm, meaning that it should be over well before it is dark, but the Diamondbacks couldn’t even offer fireworks if it had a later start time for the game.
The Chase Field roof has not been fixed yet, meaning it could not be opened for the fireworks show anyway. The roof will be closed due to high summer temperatures and the roof must remain stationary when fans are present due to an issue with the cables in the system to open the roof.
The same issue prevented the Diamondbacks from having a July 4th fireworks show last year, so the team moved up the start time of the game in 2022 to 3:10 pm as a result of not having the show.
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Last season, Diamondbacks president Derrick Hall said that the Diamondbacks intend to repair the cables, but that the repair would take “several months.”
With Chase Field hosting the World Baseball Classic in the offseason and the Diamondbacks now using the stadium as a concert venue and to host other events, the team did not make the repairs to the cable in the offseason.
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Hall told ABC15 earlier this season that the Diamondbacks were now aiming to fix the roof after the 2023 season.
“It’s going to take some time but we do have it carved out right after the season to fix and repair the roof in its entirety,” Hall said.
The Diamondbacks held postgame fireworks on April 7 and April 21, as well as May 12, but those were the only scheduled fireworks shows of the season.
The team is scheduled to give away a Patriotic Tee to the first 15,000 fans on July 4 as part of its Independence Day festivities.
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