Interesting screen grab from the former mayor of St. Petersburg
December 18, 2024
It's a private account but this was posted on Twitter.
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He may be right, but Bill Foster is and always has been a total dweeb.
MLB will not allow this circus to damage their brand in Tampa any further. Manfred, and the other owners will vote him out in a New York minute.
Heartbreaking: The worst person you know just made a great point
This is what I first said when the county did the delay in October. Thankfully the approved it yesterday but gave Stu the opening to fuck us. If the would have approved in October, Stu has no hand. .
Stu is a chicken shit poor ass asshole what’s new. This is why since day one no one in actual power was taking this seriously. The MLB doesn’t want to leave one of the fastest growing large markets in the country but they are stuck with Stu and if the owners force him out it’s highly unlikely someone else would want to take over in a market that has struggled to field a crowd. There’s three ways this goes and I’ll go in the order of most likely; the MLB forces Stu to bring on another partner to cover cost, Stu says fuck it and moves to the city that’s offering the most, or the MLB forces Stu out all together and someone else takes over and actually wants to stay in the market.
I’m not religious, but if I were I would say that Milton tearing the roof off the Trop was God’s way of saying, “STOP TRYING TO BUILD IN ST. PETE FOR THE LOVE OF ME!” Tampa wants to clean up Ybor and make it family friendly. Ybor wants to keep the nightlife. A stadium in Ybor is the best of both scenarios. Put in a stadium complex, make it nice and family friendly but also keep the bars. I know Tampa has financial issues with it but if you build a genuinely awesome stadium, it would bring the revenue. Also, I have never understood the appeal to keeping it in St. Pete. It works out for like 10% of the fans and it shows in attendance. I live close to Lakeland and I would happily drive to Ybor over St. Pete everyday of the week. I love the Trop, but god it sucks to get to. Easily have to leave 2 and a half hours prior to the game to get there on time.
Noted helper and willing good faith partner of rays stadium efforts bill foster
There is no scenario where Chris Latvala can be called one of the ‘good guys’.
You’re not wrong.
What sucks is in this market we have 3 different levels of ownership. Lightning great, willing to spend money and we have had the best team in the NHL for a decade. The Bucs are average. They spend money sometimes and we are not worried about them leaving. Then we have this shit show
I just don’t get how they walk. They got the land either way, i get it. But if they terminate the stadium, aren’t they precluded with negotiating new markets? I thought that was part of their current lease. Anyone know?
12 comments
He may be right, but Bill Foster is and always has been a total dweeb.
MLB will not allow this circus to damage their brand in Tampa any further. Manfred, and the other owners will vote him out in a New York minute.
Heartbreaking: The worst person you know just made a great point
This is what I first said when the county did the delay in October. Thankfully the approved it yesterday but gave Stu the opening to fuck us. If the would have approved in October, Stu has no hand. .
Stu is a chicken shit poor ass asshole what’s new. This is why since day one no one in actual power was taking this seriously. The MLB doesn’t want to leave one of the fastest growing large markets in the country but they are stuck with Stu and if the owners force him out it’s highly unlikely someone else would want to take over in a market that has struggled to field a crowd. There’s three ways this goes and I’ll go in the order of most likely; the MLB forces Stu to bring on another partner to cover cost, Stu says fuck it and moves to the city that’s offering the most, or the MLB forces Stu out all together and someone else takes over and actually wants to stay in the market.
I’m not religious, but if I were I would say that Milton tearing the roof off the Trop was God’s way of saying, “STOP TRYING TO BUILD IN ST. PETE FOR THE LOVE OF ME!” Tampa wants to clean up Ybor and make it family friendly. Ybor wants to keep the nightlife. A stadium in Ybor is the best of both scenarios. Put in a stadium complex, make it nice and family friendly but also keep the bars. I know Tampa has financial issues with it but if you build a genuinely awesome stadium, it would bring the revenue. Also, I have never understood the appeal to keeping it in St. Pete. It works out for like 10% of the fans and it shows in attendance. I live close to Lakeland and I would happily drive to Ybor over St. Pete everyday of the week. I love the Trop, but god it sucks to get to. Easily have to leave 2 and a half hours prior to the game to get there on time.
Noted helper and willing good faith partner of rays stadium efforts bill foster
There is no scenario where Chris Latvala can be called one of the ‘good guys’.
You’re not wrong.
What sucks is in this market we have 3 different levels of ownership. Lightning great, willing to spend money and we have had the best team in the NHL for a decade. The Bucs are average. They spend money sometimes and we are not worried about them leaving. Then we have this shit show
I just don’t get how they walk. They got the land either way, i get it. But if they terminate the stadium, aren’t they precluded with negotiating new markets? I thought that was part of their current lease. Anyone know?
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