Getting Ready for Spring Training: Cantina is Back!

For those who want to experience the MLB’s Cactus League spring training at Scottsdale’s Salt River Fields—home of both the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies—but take it up a notch, the Cantina at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick experience is back for its 15th year.

Hosted once again by the Executive Council 70 (EC70), a local nonprofit dedicated to helping the community’s youth, Cantina’s all-inclusive food and drink event (a complimentary buffet lunch with soda and bottled water and a hosted bar with beer, wine, and cocktails) offers private shaded viewing decks for guests to watch 10 select baseball games, with all proceeds going to EC70’s nonprofit Executive Council Charities to support local youth charity programs.

“EC70 was formed to help at-risk kids throughout the Valley by hosting fundraising events like Cantina,” says EC70’s 2025 Cantina chairman Justin Hodge. “We couldn’t be more thrilled to bring back this exciting viewing experience to the Diamondbacks’ spring training stadium while giving back to the local youth community.”

• Thurs., Feb. 27: Colorado Rockies vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
• Fri., Feb. 28: Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Kansas City Royals
• Sat., March 1: Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Colorado Rockies
• Wed., March 5: Arizona Diamondbacks vs. San Francisco Giants
• Thurs., March 13: Colorado Rockies vs. Cleveland Guardians
• Fri., March 14: Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Cincinnati Reds
• Sat., March 15: Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Chicago White Sox
• Wed., March 19: Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Colorado Rockies
• Thurs., March 20: Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Athletics
• Fri., March 21: Colorado Rockies vs. Los Angeles Angels

The Cantina level. Courtesy Executive Council 70