the Tampa Gulf rays The “difficult decision” was taken to stop an estimated $ 1.3 billion in the land redevelopment deal. The project had won the future of MLB club in Saint Petersburg, Florida, with a modern stadium stadium next to Tropicana Field.
The current house is undergoing reforms yet The roof of the stadium Hurricane Milton was severely damaged in October. Radiology will welcome the teams to Steinbrenner Field in 2025. The 11,000 -seat stadium is a spring training house in New York Yanxiz.
“A series of events” in October and the delay in financing led to “this difficult decision,” said the leading owner of Rays Stewart Sternberg.
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The Tropicana Field Dome, torn by Hurricane Milton in Saint Petersburg, Florida, October 10, 2024. (Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images)
“After accurate deliberations, we concluded that we cannot go ahead with the new stadium and development project at this moment,” Stirinberg said in a statement. “A series of events that start in October that no one could have expected to this difficult decision.”
Sternburg added that the organization is still committed to resolving the stadium issue.
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“Our commitment to vitality and success in Rays is not shaken. We are still focusing on finding a stadium solution that serves the interest of our region and the baseball in the main league and our organization.”
“The main baseball game in the league is still committed to finding a permanent house for the club in the Tamba Bay area for their fans and the local community,” MLB said in a statement. “Commissioner Rob (Rob) understands the disappointment in St. Petersburg's community from today's announcement, but he will continue to work with elected officials, community leaders and radiology officials to secure the club's future in the Tampa Gulf region.”
Tropicana Field was opened in 1990 and Rays's house since they took the field in 1998. Saint Petersburg Kane Wilsh, a driving force behind what was called “Here to stay”, aimed at maintaining the city's rays for another 30 years, said the beloved decision, but “was not expected.”
He indicated that it is possible to sell rays.
Tropicana Field before a game between Chicago Cubs and Tampa Bay Rays. (Nathan Ray Speck/USA Sports Day)
“So, in the coming months, a new owner shows an commitment to honoring their agreements and the priorities of our society appeared, we will think about a partnership to preserve the baseball game in St. Pitt. But we will not put the progress of our city while waiting for a cooperative partner and a society that focuses on society.”
Under their current contract with St. Petersburg, the rays will play three other seasons in their current stadium after their repair. These reforms are expected to be completed in time for 2026 season.
“The city of Saint Petersburg is currently progressing for the Tropicana Field recovery for the 2026 season,” said Sterinberg. “We are grateful for their efforts and we are excited to return to our home field next spring.”
The damaged Tropicana Field ceiling, the home of Major Legue Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays, after a Milton Hurricane in the center of St. Petersburg, Florida, October 10, 2024. (Reuters/Octavio Jones)
The proposed stadium of 30,000 seats is a distinctive piece of a wider activation project worth $ 6.5 billion known as the historical gas plant area, which indicates a black neighborhood often was forced to go out by building the Tropicana field and stimulating the highway between the states.
The radiology decision places the broader project to fold the forgetfulness.
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The rays faced a final date on March 31 to report whether it will continue in the new stadium project. According to the agreement previously agreed by the city and Pinellas County, governments will cover about half the cost of the stadium of $ 1.3 billion, covering the rays and its partner in the remaining development, including any cost excesses.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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