Will the Rays Leave the Tampa Bay Area?
Major League Baseball does not believe in the Tampa Bay area, Rays officials said to the Hillsborough County Commission last week. The Rays meet with Pinellas officials Tuesday.
Since he was sworn into office, Mayor Bill Foster has maintained that the Tampa Bay Rays can only explore building a new stadium inside the city limits of St. Petersburg because the Rays' lease does not end at Tropicana Field until 2027. For three-plus years, Foster has tried to convince Rays owner Stuart Sternberg that St. Petersburg is the best option for the future of the Rays. However, after the Rays meeting Thursday with the Hillsborough County Commission, it is clear Foster has another entity to convince — Major League Baseball. According to the Tampa Bay Times, Sternberg said the MLB no longer views the Tampa Bay area as a viable place for a professional baseball team. Sternberg said, according to the Times, that he wants the …
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5:43 pm on Tuesday, January 29, 2013
How easily we forget..... the efforts and money spent to attract the Rays by City of St.Petersburg. The Rays were The St.Petersburg Devil Rays at first - but then they slapped ST. Petersburg tax payers in the face and changed to Tampa Bay Rays. Tampon has the Bucs and the Lightning - Pinellas should keep the team in PInellas - what is wrong with Tropicanna Field... we do not need a new stadium to… more ›