Rays say county’s stalling has likely killed the new stadium deal | Tampa Bay Times
November 16, 2024
Rays say county’s stalling has likely killed the new stadium deal | Tampa Bay Times
32 comments
here comes Nashville’s new team.
The Oakland Rays has a nice ring to it
Les Rayons de Montreal
Smfh, just move the team
The Rays who are playing 2025 in a spring training stadium in a different county after running attack ads against candidates for county positions and being told to play the season in one of the spring training facilities in the county the Rays want to use their tourism revenue fund to pay for a new stadium?
Those rays are saying the county has killed the stadium deal?
There’s a part of me that thinks this might the Rays reconsidering staying in St Petersburg now since they have the Steinbrenner Field experiment.
Carolina Rays?
Bad news for Flappy Boys.
Bonne nouvelle pour les Expos de Montréal.
Call me crazy but what if they became the Tampa Rays and moved to Tampa. Crazier things have happened
Nashville is begging for a team
Yet another rich owner holding a franchise hostage while expecting taxpayers to subsidize a new stadium. If the MLB cared about its product, it would attract only owners willing to spend their money and kick out the cheap ones.
Move them and be done with it
Sounds like the newly elected county commissioners in Pinellas County (where St. Pete is) are pitching a fit because the Rays chose to play at Steinbrenner Field in Hillsborough County instead of the Phillies’ spring training facilities in Clearwater, which is in Pinellas County.
If Pinellas County won’t approve the new stadium deal and the City of St. Petersburg won’t fix the roof on the Trop (which they almost certainly won’t), I honestly don’t see how the Rays ownership has a choice but to move. They can’t play in an open-air stadium in Tampa that seats 11,000 indefinitely.
Move to Durham. Take over DBAP, NC needs pro ball. The Rays don’t need a massive ballpark taxpayers will pay for that they won’t even fill a quarter of.
Orlando Disney Moana grandma Rays
That’s great for the taxpayers of that county.
Portland Devils.
Wait…I thought the new ballpark was a done deal already? Close to shovels in the ground and all that? Wasn’t that their first reaction to the Trop roof disaster, going “well, no use replacing it, we’re moving to our new ballpark in 2027 anyway”?
For scheduling keep them East. Montreal, Raleigh, Nashville, or Orlando
Maybe Orlando would be willing to build a retractable roof stadium. Want to keep the Rays in Central Florida.
I heard Montreal likes baseball
Well, damn. The announcement the other day of playing at Steinbrenner was a happy story to come out. But, knowing how working with leaders in this region is so fucked, I just knew shit like this was coming.
Pinellas frankly has been so shitty almost the whole way through this history. If you had a long term lease with someone who was so shitty, and put you literally and physically in a disadvantaged place the last thing you want to do is re-up with them.
But, what choice did they have? Tampa and Hillsborough was the hope. Being in Tampa proper with a solid facility would boom this teams popularity. It wouldn’t be the same thing as the Marlins.
I’m of mixed feelings on Tampa saying no public funds. On one hand, I do think that would create the perfect situation for the Rays (and be more convenient for me to take interest in games since I’m in Orlando). On the other hand, I’m very much a principled person against so much public funds being used for such things.
Only gasp I can think is if the owners, League and Tampa officials work something out that gets a stadium in Tampa in a few years. And I seriously doubt that.
Ownership might just need to sell and let someone else come pay a stadium (hopefully not in Pinellas) or move the team. I can’t see any other positive play coming from the saga.
Everyone shut up. Hear me out … play in 2 different stadiums. One in Canada , one in Puerto Rico. It worked great for the… Expos?
Orlando Sting Rays
Knowing this could very well be no more baseball in Tampa….I do hope this stadium plan is falling through. It would be a far improved stadium and game experience, obviously.
But, as someone who has made the trek from Central Florida to games before…..the Trops game experience is not THE reason I’ve not gone to games in a long time.
The Trops literal location is the problem and massive detractor. Especially for fans in the region that would go to many games a year if it were located better.
With Tampa saying hell no and Pinellas not really having too many areas to put a ballpark closer up to the center of the region……a new stadium adjacent to the Trop is just a nonstarter and dumb idea.
After the buzz of new wears of it would make the Marlins stadium wildly popular. And the shame is if it was built up in Tampa proper I think it would be attended more strongly over time than common logic thinks Florida will support a team.
Move them to one of the Carolinas.
I thought it was a done deal. What the fuck?
Oh c’mon, these officials can go shove it
Good. No public funds for privately owned teams.
I’m shocked! Shocked I tell you!
Onto Plan #139 for a new Rays Stadium.
It’s gonna suck to lose the team. Go on the r/stpetersburg sub and you can see lots of people are happy they aren’t gonna keep the team. Fuck i hate it here.
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here comes Nashville’s new team.
The Oakland Rays has a nice ring to it
Les Rayons de Montreal
Smfh, just move the team
The Rays who are playing 2025 in a spring training stadium in a different county after running attack ads against candidates for county positions and being told to play the season in one of the spring training facilities in the county the Rays want to use their tourism revenue fund to pay for a new stadium?
Those rays are saying the county has killed the stadium deal?
There’s a part of me that thinks this might the Rays reconsidering staying in St Petersburg now since they have the Steinbrenner Field experiment.
Carolina Rays?
Bad news for Flappy Boys.
Bonne nouvelle pour les Expos de Montréal.
Call me crazy but what if they became the Tampa Rays and moved to Tampa. Crazier things have happened
Nashville is begging for a team
Yet another rich owner holding a franchise hostage while expecting taxpayers to subsidize a new stadium. If the MLB cared about its product, it would attract only owners willing to spend their money and kick out the cheap ones.
Move them and be done with it
Sounds like the newly elected county commissioners in Pinellas County (where St. Pete is) are pitching a fit because the Rays chose to play at Steinbrenner Field in Hillsborough County instead of the Phillies’ spring training facilities in Clearwater, which is in Pinellas County.
If Pinellas County won’t approve the new stadium deal and the City of St. Petersburg won’t fix the roof on the Trop (which they almost certainly won’t), I honestly don’t see how the Rays ownership has a choice but to move. They can’t play in an open-air stadium in Tampa that seats 11,000 indefinitely.
Move to Durham. Take over DBAP, NC needs pro ball. The Rays don’t need a massive ballpark taxpayers will pay for that they won’t even fill a quarter of.
Orlando Disney Moana grandma Rays
That’s great for the taxpayers of that county.
Portland Devils.
Wait…I thought the new ballpark was a done deal already? Close to shovels in the ground and all that?
Wasn’t that their first reaction to the Trop roof disaster, going “well, no use replacing it, we’re moving to our new ballpark in 2027 anyway”?
For scheduling keep them East. Montreal, Raleigh, Nashville, or Orlando
Maybe Orlando would be willing to build a retractable roof stadium. Want to keep the Rays in Central Florida.
I heard Montreal likes baseball
Well, damn. The announcement the other day of playing at Steinbrenner was a happy story to come out. But, knowing how working with leaders in this region is so fucked, I just knew shit like this was coming.
Pinellas frankly has been so shitty almost the whole way through this history. If you had a long term lease with someone who was so shitty, and put you literally and physically in a disadvantaged place the last thing you want to do is re-up with them.
But, what choice did they have? Tampa and Hillsborough was the hope. Being in Tampa proper with a solid facility would boom this teams popularity. It wouldn’t be the same thing as the Marlins.
I’m of mixed feelings on Tampa saying no public funds. On one hand, I do think that would create the perfect situation for the Rays (and be more convenient for me to take interest in games since I’m in Orlando). On the other hand, I’m very much a principled person against so much public funds being used for such things.
Only gasp I can think is if the owners, League and Tampa officials work something out that gets a stadium in Tampa in a few years. And I seriously doubt that.
Ownership might just need to sell and let someone else come pay a stadium (hopefully not in Pinellas) or move the team. I can’t see any other positive play coming from the saga.
Everyone shut up. Hear me out … play in 2 different stadiums. One in Canada , one in Puerto Rico. It worked great for the… Expos?
Orlando Sting Rays
Knowing this could very well be no more baseball in Tampa….I do hope this stadium plan is falling through. It would be a far improved stadium and game experience, obviously.
But, as someone who has made the trek from Central Florida to games before…..the Trops game experience is not THE reason I’ve not gone to games in a long time.
The Trops literal location is the problem and massive detractor. Especially for fans in the region that would go to many games a year if it were located better.
With Tampa saying hell no and Pinellas not really having too many areas to put a ballpark closer up to the center of the region……a new stadium adjacent to the Trop is just a nonstarter and dumb idea.
After the buzz of new wears of it would make the Marlins stadium wildly popular. And the shame is if it was built up in Tampa proper I think it would be attended more strongly over time than common logic thinks Florida will support a team.
Move them to one of the Carolinas.
I thought it was a done deal. What the fuck?
Oh c’mon, these officials can go shove it
Good. No public funds for privately owned teams.
I’m shocked! Shocked I tell you!
Onto Plan #139 for a new Rays Stadium.
It’s gonna suck to lose the team. Go on the r/stpetersburg sub and you can see lots of people are happy they aren’t gonna keep the team. Fuck i hate it here.