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• Rays Have Pitched Major Renovations/10-Year Lease Extension At Tropicana Field
The Rays’ long-term home is in doubt after the team pulled out of plans for a $1.3 billion new stadium in St. Petersburg. The future is unclear, as St. Petersburg and Pinellas County officials have expressed frustration with Rays owner Stuart Sternberg. John Romano and Colleen Wright of The Tampa Bay Times report that the…...2025Check it out Tropicana Field
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• Silverman: Rays Are “Not For Sale”
The Rays announced this morning that they will not proceed with the plan to construct a $1.3 billion stadium in St. Petersburg. The organization has telegraphed that decision for months. The Rays maintain that a delay in approval for public funding from the city and Pinellas County in the wake of the hurricanes has contributed…...2025
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• Outside The Confines: College baseball beginsJace LaViolette | Dylan Widger-Imagn Images The college baseball season started this weekend. Storylines from Spring Training. Who might yet be traded? Plus other baseball news. Good morning. We had real baseball over the weekend, albeit the kind with aluminum bats. Jacob Rudner has 12 takeaways from NCAA baseball’s opening weekend. Rudner also has 18 college pitchers who stood out this...2025See more articles Jace LaViolette -
• The 10 most-read DRaysBay articles of 2024Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports Here’s what y’all were most interested in reading this year. This article has become a favorite tradition here at the site, my tenth at the helm. We had ~5.3 million page views this year, and for that I am grateful! I appreciate all of you and your readership. Before we get to the top ten most-read articles, here are a few honorable mentions : Rays ...2024Visit the page Ben Rortvedt -
• Rays response to Stadium Funding approval: “More money please!”Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Local politicians have given the Rays organization hundred of millions of dollars. Why stop now? After two hurricanes ravaged the Tampa Bay area, local politicians decided to take a rare moment of introspection and ask an important question: Does the local government really want to give a multi-billion dollar private company hundred of millions of dollar...2024See also Rob Manfred -
• The Tampa Bay Rays got their county stadium funding, but they don’t seem real happy about itPhoto by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images This gets curiouser and curiouser. The Tampa Bay Rays, as you know, are in a real conundrum regarding where they’ll be playing after 2025. Their home, Tropicana Field, had its roof destroyed by Hurricane Milton in October. It took a while, but they have an agreement to play their 2025 schedule at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa. A...2024Continue with Paul Hennessy SOPA
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• Outside The Confines: Stadium news aboundsPhoto by Mario Hommes/DeFodi Images via Getty Images The Rays and the A’s are both moving forward... probably. In today’s news we have a mixed bag of everything: will Juan Soto crack the $700 million mark for his contract? Should Shohei Ohtani play the field? What does the Luis Severino signing mean for the pitching market? But the biggest news is from two ongoing stadium sagas. In Tampa B...2024Click for news about Mario Hommes DeFodi -
• Royals Rumblings - News for December 6, 2024I’m pretty sure I’ve used this image before (probably multiple times) | Photo by John Sleezer/Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Have the Royals signed Juan Soto yet? I know we’ve already talked about it, but at The Star, Jaylon Thompson wrote about the “golden at-bat” idea: “The player side of it is really difficult for the union,” Manfred said. “Obviously, you want co...2024See more articles Tribune News Service -
• How the Rays lost the new stadium deal: A timelineVividSeats Here’s how it all went wrong. It seems like the death of the Tampa Bay Rays is finally upon us, with the City of St. Petersburg requesting the team formally withdraw from an agreed upon new stadium project. How did we get here? The efforts of Rays ownership to find a home field other than Tropicana Field goes back at least to 2008, when the team first proposed building on the si...2024Click for news about Tropicana Field -
• How the Rays lost the new stadium deal: A timelineVividSeats It seems like the death of the Tampa Bay Rays is finally upon us, with the City of St. Petersburg requesting the team formally withdraw from an agreed upon new stadium project. How did we get here? The efforts of Rays ownership to find a home field other than Tropicana Field goes back at least to 2008, when the team first proposed building on the site of Al Lopez Park (now the R...2024See more Tropicana Field
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• Rays halt new stadium project: 8 takeaways from the Pinellas County Commission meetingThe Rays have not pulled out of the St. Petersburg new stadium deal yet, but have claimed they cannot move forward due to rising costs. Yesterday the Pinellas County Commission decided to, once again, delay a vote on issuing bonds to raise the $312.5 million they have committed to the new Rays stadium. We reported on that meeting last night; today we reflect on the implications of that vote moving...2024Check it out Brian Scott -
• Pinellas County Commission delays stadium funding vote again, citing anger at the RaysThe Rays stadium’s future will now be decided December 17. The Pinellas County Commission has delayed its vote on $312.5 million in bonds to help fund the new Rays stadium to December 17, expressing extensive anger at both the Tampa Bay Rays and owner Stuart Sternberg. By delaying the vote once again, the Commission will provide another month of research for its voting body — including the two ne...2024 -
• Would FEMA cover the cost of repairing Tropicana Field?Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images Mayor Ken Welch believes they might. Per the original use agreement, the City of St. Petersburg appears to be on the hook for the repairs needed to make Tropicana Field playable (even though it’s Pinellas County that draws tax revenue from the Rays playing in St. Petersburg). In its initial assessment of the damage to Tropicana Field, the city report propose...2024Check it out Tropicana Field -
• Weekend Rumblings - News for November 1, 2024Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images Royals players hit free agency. Craig Brown looks at the new Royals free agents and whether they could return. Maybe if you squint, you can see a reunion with a couple of these guys. Michael Lorenzen could slot into the rotation. He will be 33 next year and pitched to a 1.57 ERA once joining the Royals. Beware the small sample though as that was just 28.2 ...2024See also Craig Brown
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• What’s at stake in Pinellas County’s meeting on the new Rays Stadium bonds tomorrowAnclote Key Preserve State Park | Patrick Connolly/Orlando Sentine/Tribune News Service via Getty Imagesl Elections have consequences: will the new Pinellas County Commission make a U-turn on stadium financing? The agreement to build a new stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays hit a roadblock recently, as the Pinellas County Commission has delayed a vote on issuing bonds that would help pay for ...2024See more articles Tribune News Service
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"The Rays maintain that a delay in approval for public funding from the city and Pinellas County in the wake of the hurricanes has contributed…" - 2024
"July 31, 2024 — The Pinellas County Commission agrees to issue $312." - 2023
"Petersburg and Pinellas County to move forward with a new state-of-the-art ballpark and an overall development called the Hines Historic Gas Plant Partnership on the 86-acre site where the team’s current stadium sits." - 2022
"Blue Jays pitching coach Pete Walker was arrested Friday morning on charges of speeding and driving under the influence, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office." - 2021
"Five minority owners of the Rays filed a lawsuit against majority owner Stuart Sternberg in the Pinellas County Circuit Court over the weekend (full complaint available here)." - 2020
"Blue Jays catcher Reese McGuire was arrested on Friday for allegedly exposing himself, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office told Sportsnet." - 2016
"Petersburg City Council voted in favor of allowing the team to seek potential sites in Pinellas County as well as Tampa and the rest of Hillsborough County." - 2015
"According to the Tampa Bay Times, the Braves recently submitted a proposal to the Pinellas County Commission to develop a 240-acre landfill into a multi-use facility that would serve as their Spring Training complex and provide top-notch playing fields for amateur and professional clubs to use once the Major League regular season begins." - 2014
"The team has played since its inception in Pinellas County at what now is called Tropicana Field, and has often ranked near the bottom in major league home attendance."
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• Outside The Confines: College baseball begins
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• Outside The Confines: Stadium news abounds
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 6, 2024
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• Rays respond to county ultimatum: Deal 'in effect'
In response to a deadline from the Pinellas County Commission to declare whether they are in or out on a new stadium agreement, the Rays said in a letter Monday that their deal to build a $1.3 billion ballpark is still "in effect."...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Derek Jeter is artPhoto by Sarah Stier/Getty Images Literally. Welcome to December, everyone! Last week was a lighter week with Thanksgiving, so a lot of sites were taking time off reporting for a few days, but we’ve still got a few items to catch up on, so we’ll touch on all the highlights. Still, it’ll be a slightly shorter links post than usual only because there hasn’t been much reporting happening sin...2024Continue with Derek Jeter -
• Stadium Standoff
The Rays stood pat on a stadium deal: The Tampa Bay Rays have declined the Pinellas County Commission’s request to clarify whether the team will follow through or back out of a deal to build a new $1.3 billion stadium in downtown St. Petersburg. Instead, ahead of a Sunday deadline, the team stuck to the […]...2024
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• Pinellas County Commission requests Rays terminate new stadium deal by Dec. 1Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images The letter also illustrates that the county has not missed any deadlines thus far, despite the Rays “fallacious” claims. The Pinellas County Commission’s leader, Chairperson Kathleen Peters, has responded to the letter issued by Rays co-Presidents Brian Auld and Matt Silverman with her own scathing response via a latter, with three important takeaways: ...2024 -
• Could the Tampa Bay Rays be headed out of Florida?StadiumPage.com Based on what happened last week in St. Petersburg, the answer could be “Yes.” There’s an ongoing saga, as you know, regarding where the Tampa Bay Rays will be playing going forward. There was a deal nearly all settled for a new Rays stadium to be built in St. Petersburgh and opening in 2028, before Hurricane Milton not only blew the roof off of Tropicana Field but might ha...2024Continue with Hurricane Milton -
• How the Rays lost the new stadium deal: A timeline
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• How the Rays lost the new stadium deal: A timeline
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• Rays response to Stadium Funding approval: “More money please!”
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• The Tampa Bay Rays got their county stadium funding, but they don’t seem real happy about it
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• County Commission votes to approve bondsPhoto by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Stop me if you’ve heard this before..... The Pinellas County Commission voted today to approve $312 million in bonds backed by proceeds from the county’s Tourist Development Tax. This at least in theory puts the Gas Plant stadium deal back on track. The Commission’s vote was 5-2 in favor of approving the bonds. The two no vot...2024Click for news about Paul Hennessy SOPA -
• Royals Rumblings - News for December 6, 2024
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• Outside The Confines: Derek Jeter is art
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• Pinellas County Commission requests Rays terminate new stadium deal by Dec. 1
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• Could the Tampa Bay Rays be headed out of Florida?
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• St. Petersburg City Council approves funds to repair Tropicana Field’s roofPhoto by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The city’s commitment is not to exceed $23,726,567, and is intended to simply make the field playable. This does not include cosmetic items that impact fan experience, such as food or acoustics. The St. Petersburg City Council met this afternoon to discuss two important matters regarding the Rays future: Whether to fund $55 ...2024Read about Tropicana Field -
• What’s at stake in Pinellas County’s meeting on the new Rays Stadium bonds tomorrow
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• The Rays might lose their stadium funding if they don’t play in Pinellas County for the next 3 yearsAerial view of Tropicana Field after the roof was torn off by Hurricane Milton | Satellite image ©2024 Maxar Technologies / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The plot thickens. As you know, the roof of Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Rays, was torn off by Hurricane Milton earlier this month. It doesn’t appear likely that the Rays will be able to repair their stadium in time to play...2024Continue with Tropicana Field
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• Outside The Confines: College baseball begins
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• Rays response to Stadium Funding approval: “More money please!”
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• County Commission votes to approve bonds
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• Outside The Confines: Stadium news abounds
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 6, 2024
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• Could the Tampa Bay Rays be headed out of Florida?
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• Tampa Bay Rays to play home games at Steinbrenner Field for the 2025 seasonPhoto by Tim Boyles/Getty Images The Rays have a home in Tampa Bay after all... With Tropicana Field in tatters, the Tampa Bay Rays will move across the bay to Tampa to play their regular season home games throughout the 2025 regular season, moving to George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, the spring training home of the New York Yankees. The Rays stadium was significantly damaged by Hurri...2024Read about Steinbrenner Field -
• Rays reach $1.3 billion stadium deal with St. PetersburgRays owner commits to $700 million in spend, “plus cost overruns” Finally! The Tampa Bay Rays announced today that a historic agreement has been reached with the City of St. Petersburg and Pinellas County to move forward with a new state-of-the-art ballpark and an overall development called the Hines Historic Gas Plant Partnership on the 86-acre site where the team’s current stadium sits. The agre...2023 -
• Pinellas County and St. Petersburg commissioned an economic impact study of a new Rays stadium. Here’s what it said.
Side note: Is 15,000 jobs a lot? Thanks to Tampa Bay Times reporters Colleen Wright and Jack Evans, we have learned that St. Petersburg and Pinellas County governments contracted with a firm called Victus to study the economic impact of a new stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays. This report looks at both economic and social impacts, and is no doubt intended to help city and county elected officials ma...2023See also Jack Evans
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• Rays cleared to explore new stadium locations
The Rays have been granted approval to explore stadium options across the Tampa Bay area. On Thursday, the St. Petersburg City Council voted in favor of allowing the team to seek potential sites in Pinellas County as well as Tampa and the rest of Hillsborough County....2016
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• Blue Jays Pitching Coach Pete Walker Arrested On DUI Charges
Blue Jays pitching coach Pete Walker was arrested Friday morning on charges of speeding and driving under the influence, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. (WFLA’s Nathaniel Rodriguez broke the news.) Sportsnet’s Arden Zwelling adds that Walker was released on a $500 bond later that morning, and that he will make a statement to…...2022Click for news about Blue Jays
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• How the Rays lost the new stadium deal: A timeline
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• How the Rays lost the new stadium deal: A timeline
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• Pinellas County threatens to pull stadium funding if Rays leave for 2025-2027 seasonsPhoto by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images 23% of the new stadium funding is now at risk. The Rays currently have no idea where they will play next season following the destruction of Tropicana Field’s roof and the flooding of the ballpark, but that hasn’t stopped Pinellas County from putting their thumb on the scales. According to Mark Parker at the St Pete Catalyst...2024See also Paul Hennessy SOPA -
• Rays reach $1.3 billion stadium deal with St. Petersburg
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• County OK's financing for new $1.3B Rays home
After a nearly two-month delay, the Pinellas County Commission voted Tuesday in favor of its share of financing for a new $1.3 billion Tampa Bay Rays ballpark, part of a plan to keep the team in St. Petersburg for another 30 years....2024
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• Silverman: Rays Are “Not For Sale”
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• Outside The Confines: College baseball begins
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• The Tampa Bay Rays got their county stadium funding, but they don’t seem real happy about it
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• County Commission votes to approve bonds
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 6, 2024
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• Good Day for Stadiums
St. Petersburg approved the bonds for the Rays new stadium. This is only part of the deal. The Pinellas County Commission also must decide whether to approve its share, with a vote set later in December. Meanwhile, the Rays will play this season in the New York Yankees’ spring training site, Steinbrenner Field in Tampa […]...2024See more articles New York Yankees
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• St. Pete City Council calls Rays bluff, rushes approval of their new stadium bondsPhoto by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The Rays might still leave St. Pete, but it won’t be the City’s fault. After a last-minute addition to the agenda for the St. Petersburg City Council meeting today, the Council approved in a 4-3 vote taking on the necessary debt to cover their nearly $287.5 million share of the promised ~$600 million in public financing for t...2024See also Paul Hennessy SOPA -
• Rays Your Voice: The Stadium StandoffPhoto by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Where do we go from here? I try to keep stadium news off of the podcast as much as possible, but at this point there’s nothing more paramount to discuss when it comes to the Rays. When Hurricane Milton ripped the roof of Tropicana Field, everything we knew about this stadium deal was blown away. So for the latest episode of R...2024Click for news about Paul Hennessy SOPA -
• Pinellas County Commission requests Rays terminate new stadium deal by Dec. 1
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• Could the Tampa Bay Rays be headed out of Florida?
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• Rays to announce St. Petersburg stadium deal this weekAccording to Marc Topkin at the Tampa Bay Times, the Rays are set to announce a new stadium deal with the city of St. Petersburg at the eleventh hour. BREAKING: #Rays set to announce deal for new stadium in St. Pete https://t.co/A23GDAhwVj— Marc Topkin (@TBTimes_Rays) September 18, 2023 Here’s what we know: After 16 years of speculation, dating back to the change from Devil Rays to Rays, t...2023Continue with Marc Topkin