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CHICAGO -- The Cubs will kick off the 32-game 2008 Cactus League schedule on Feb. 28 when they face the San Francisco Giants in Scottsdale, Ariz.
The team released its Spring Training schedule Monday, and other highlights include road-and-home contests with the Chicago White Sox on March 15 in Tucson and March 22 in Mesa.

The Cubs will play six home games in eight days from March 13-20 at HoHoKam Park in Mesa, and conclude their Arizona portion of the schedule March 27 against Milwaukee.

The Cubs wrap up their 2008 Spring Training campaign with two games in Las Vegas against the Seattle Mariners, March 28-29. Tickets for those games will go on sale at a later date, to be announced.

After an off-day on March 30, the Cubs begin the 2008 regular season March 31 in Chicago against the Milwaukee Brewers. The Cubs will get a peek at the Brewers in Spring Training on March 4, March 10 and in the HoHoKam finale.

Individual game tickets for the 2008 Cubs home Spring Training games at HoHoKam Park will go on sale Jan. 8 at 10 a.m. CT on cubs.com or by calling 1-800-905-3315. The ticket box office at HoHoKam Park will open for the sale of individual game tickets for the first time on Jan. 15, 2008, at 9 a.m. MST.

Season tickets for 2008 at HoHoKam Park will go on sale Jan. 7 at the ballpark's box office, or by calling 480-964-4467.

Ticket prices for the 2008 Cubs Spring Training games at HoHoKam Park are as follows: For 12 games, field box seats are $24, terrace box seats $22, terrace and field reserved seats $17, grandstand seats $11, and lawn seats $6.

For three premium games (March 8 vs. Arizona, March 16 vs. the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and March 22 vs. the Chicago White Sox), field box seats are $26, terrace box seats $24, terrace and field reserved seats $18, grandstand seats $12 and lawn seats $6.

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