San Diego Padres Triple-A Affiliate to Stay in Tucson for 2013

San Diego's little brother in the minor league system has found a permanent home, for now, in Tucson.

The Tucson Padres were only supposed to be a temporary spot for the Padres Class-AAA affiliate, but the Pacific Coast League is happy with where the Padres are at. 

Tucson General Manager Mike Feder finds relief in knowing that he still has a baseball team in Arizona next season, and maybe longer than that.

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"We are thrilled to announce we will be back next year," said Feder in a press release. "Not a day goes by that I'm not asked about next season on the concourse at games. It's nice to finally give our fans an answer. We are now pleased to be able to offer this positive news."

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Tucson has had troubles with two things—attendance and finding a potential buyer.

Attendance is not a promising statistic for Tucson. They are dead last in the Pacific Coast League with 131,506 fans as of Independence Day, which equates to only 2,922 fans per game. On Tuesday, the Padres brought in well over 10,000 fans.

The team is up for sale, but no one seems to want to come up to step forward.

When adding those two problems together, Feder has plenty to worry about. Yet, he seems confident Minor League Baseball will remain in Tucson for an extended period of time past 2013.

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"We cannot worry about that. We have to keep doing our job. Then maybe whoever buys the club will look at keeping it in Tucson,” Feder said in Monday's press conference.

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One city who is hoping they can steal the Padres away from Tucson is El Paso, Texas.

MountainStar Sports Group is trying to buy the team and relocate it to El Paso.

The city of El Paso approved a deal that would build a stadium in downtown El Paso for around $50 million. As the city is hoping, if they build a new stadium, the Padres will come.

However, now that Tucson has the Padres for at least another year and a half, all El Paso can do now is sit and wait for time to run out in Tucson.

History has shown that Tucson has had minor league teams in the past and not been able to keep them.

The Toros and Sidewinders have also called Tucson home, but have since moved.