Business leaders in Tampa weighed in on the Tampa Bay Rays’ stadium battle with the City of St. Petersburg Thursday, pledging to help try to keep the team in the area.
Tampa Bay Rays owner Stuart Sternberg has made it clear he wants out of Tropicana Field, but the current anti-tax climate in the area may make securing any public funding a tough sell.
With two playoff games scheduled at Tropicana Field this week, the Tampa Bay Rays have announced both games have sold out.
The brisk sales for tickets to the games against the Texas Rangers are in contrast to the Rays…
Frustration with low attendance at Tropicana Field has boiled over for two of the Tampa Bay Rays’ best players, with the team claiming the best record in baseball as of Tuesday and sitting on the cusp of clinching a playoff…
Leaked financial documents show that the Tampa Rays Rays turned a profit during their last-place campaign in 2007 and their unlikely run to the World Series in 2008 — revelations that come at a problematic time for the team. The Rays have entered into a political fight with the City of St. Petersburg after announcing in June that the team’s ballpark, Tropicana Field, is not financially viable and that the team must move.
Tampa Bay Rays ownership are now not alone in the organization in bashing the stadium where the team plays amid a politically charged fight between the club and the City of St. Petersburg over relocating the squad.
Rays Manager Joe Maddon…
In an offering aimed at thawing the chilled relationship between the Tampa Bay Rays and the City of St. Petersburg over their ongoing stadium debate, Mayor Bill Foster put forth an olive branch last week that the team quickly rebuffed.
Foster…
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