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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 -
• 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...2024Read about Tropicana Field -
• The Rays new stadium plan might lose its fundingPhoto by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Here’s why. The Tampa Bay Rays new $1.3 billion stadium, nestled in the middle of the 80-acre Gas Plant District redevelopment led by the Rays organization, is at risk of losing its public funding. There were always those opposed to using public funds for a stadium, but those voices got new energy after Pinellas County suffere...2024Read about Tropicana Field -
• What’s going to happen with the Rays and Tropicana Field?Photo by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images It’s complicated. Three weeks after Hurricane Milton shredded the roof at Tropicana Field, crews began removing the debris Thursday, and the St. Petersburg City Council approved $6 million for “waterproofing” — per this article, here’s what that’s for: The council approved up to $6 million in mitigation efforts that will crea...2024Read about Hurricane Milton -
• 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 ...2024Read about Craig Brown -
• 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...2024Read about Tropicana Field
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• Would FEMA cover the cost of repairing Tropicana Field?
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• Stadium Updates: We have a (first) vote! And it favors the Gasplant District Redevelopment!Photo by Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via Getty Images Here’s why nothing is final yet. This week, St. Petersburg inched a bit closer to a deal for the redevelopment of the former Gas Plant District anchored by a baseball stadium that will be the home of the Rays for years to come. The St. Petersburg City Council took the first of two required votes on the development agreement with the Rays/Hi...2024Read about MLB Photos
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"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." - 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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• Tampa Bay Rays to play home games at Steinbrenner Field for the 2025 season
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• Would FEMA cover the cost of repairing Tropicana Field?
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• What’s going to happen with the Rays and Tropicana Field?
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for November 1, 2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for August 1, 2024Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Clubhouse confusion! Hello Royals Review! I’m a dumb guy and totally dropped the ball on getting today’s rumblings put together. You will see this page populate with links as I find things to put in. Brady Singer settled in nicely after a rocky second inning yesterday: Singer delivered his third consecutive start of seven innings, allowing three runs on ...2024Read about Brady Singer -
• Rays receive final approval for new stadium in St. Petersburg!The Pinellas County Commission voted 5-2 to score a new stadium for the Rays in St. Pete. It’s official! The Rays are “Here to Stay.” During a busy MLB trade deadline, the Rays biggest acquisition wasn’t a bevy of top prospects, it was the final, necessary approvals for the team’s Gas Plant district redevelopment and new stadium project in St. Petersburg. The Rays marked the milestone with a vid...2024Read about Tropicana Field -
• Outside The Confines: The trade deadline has passedEric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports The trade deadline dominates the news today. The Women’s Baseball World Cup is underway. One the one hand, it was a wild trade deadline. On the other, it was a bit disappointing. Not a lot of big names changed teams. There is no way that I can provide links to every deal that was made over the past two days. I’ll try to highlight the biggest ones, but here...2024Read about Mike Petriello -
• Outside The Confines: A new home for the RaysPhoto by Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Rays have passed one of the most difficult hurdles to securing their new stadium Baseball isn’t leaving St. Petersburg, FL any time soon, thanks to a major hurdle the Rays cleared today. The City council voted in favor of the Rays stadium deal, meaning the team has found its home for the next thirty years. Specifically, the vote was to ...2024Read about MLB Photos -
• Stadium Updates: We have a (first) vote! And it favors the Gasplant District Redevelopment!
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• Stuart Sternberg on payroll: Rays will take “real losses” in 2024Rays principal owner Stu Sternberg during the press conference to announce a tentative agreement with the City of St. Petersburg and Pinellas County for a new stadium. | Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports Threatens to “pull back” financing in 2025 if this year’s team doesn’t perform well. Marc Topkin’s Sunday Column featured the annual salary bemoaning we expect from the Rays owner Stua...2024Read about Stuart Sternberg
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• The Rays might lose their stadium funding if they don’t play in Pinellas County for the next 3 years
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• Outside The Confines: A new home for the Rays
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• Stadium Updates: We have a (first) vote! And it favors the Gasplant District Redevelopment!
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• Stuart Sternberg on payroll: Rays will take “real losses” in 2024
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• Two grassroots groups oppose the new Rays stadium in St. PetersburgBoth opposition groups think the city and county are giving away too much. Since the city of St. Petersburg announced that it had chosen the Rays/Hines partnership to redevelop the 86-acre Tropicana Field site, there hasn’t been a ton of new information about the development to discuss. We know that Pinellas County has agreed to contribute $312 million toward the stadium, using a part of its hotel...2024Read about Tropicana Field
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• Tampa Bay Rays to play home games at Steinbrenner Field for the 2025 season
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• Rays receive final approval for new stadium in St. Petersburg!
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• Outside The Confines: A new home for the Rays
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• 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...2023Read about 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…...2022Read about Blue Jays
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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...2024Read about Tropicana Field -
• Rays reach $1.3 billion stadium deal with St. Petersburg
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• Report: Braves looking at new spring home
The Braves search for a new Spring Training home has led them to propose developing a site near St. Petersburg, Fla. 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 c...2015Read about Spring Training
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• Report: Braves looking at new spring home
The Braves search for a new Spring Training home has led them to propose developing a site near St. Petersburg, Fla. 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 c...2015Read about Spring Training
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• Stuart Sternberg on payroll: Rays will take “real losses” in 2024
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• Come watch post season baseball at the Trop! It will be WILD!Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Wild Card Series at Tropicana Field The Rays will be playing the Rangers in the three-game Wild Card series this week. Because the Rays had the best record among all non-division winners, they have the home field advantage for all three games. That means you have many opportunities to see an actual playoff game in person. Please allow me a quick rant. I...2023Read about Tropicana Field
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• Tampa Bay Rays to play home games at Steinbrenner Field for the 2025 season
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• The Rays new stadium plan might lose its funding
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• What’s going to happen with the Rays and Tropicana Field?
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for November 1, 2024
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• Rays receive final approval for new stadium in St. Petersburg!
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• Outside The Confines: The trade deadline has passed
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• Outside The Confines: A new home for the Rays
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• Stadium Updates: We have a (first) vote! And it favors the Gasplant District Redevelopment!
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• Rays release new St. Petersburg stadium renderingsThe Tampa Bay Rays and ballpark design firm Populous have released new renderings and more details about their planned Rays neighborhood ballpark in St. Petersburg’s Historic Gas Plant District. This includes a closer look at the gameday plaza outside the primary entrance in left field. The Rays design nestles the stadiu...2024 -
• Stuart Sternberg on payroll: Rays will take “real losses” in 2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for November 1, 2024
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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...2023Read about Marc Topkin