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City councilors in St. Pete voted unanimously to move on from the deal with the Rays to build a stadium at the old Gas Plant site.
Those development rights are the City’s now; they’re not the Rays’ after 30 years,' Welch said. 'That gives us a very, very strong negotiating position now.' ...
The St. Petersburg City Council voted unanimously Thursday evening to terminate its stadium deal with the Tampa Bay Rays and developer, Hines.
PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Tampa Bay Rays withdraw from planned $1.3 billion ballpark in St. Petersburg, citing storms, delays The project as a whole would have redeveloped the Historic Gas Plant District ...
The Rays ended the deal back in March after Hurricane Milton ripped the roof off of Tropicana Field, and the city officially terminated the deal at a city council meeting on Thursday.
A potential Rays ownership change could bring the team to Tampa long-term, reigniting stadium talks in Hillsborough County with eyes on 2029.
WMNF’s Leah Burdick reports on what Pinellas County says will happen if they don’t receive the money. The deal would have built a new ballpark for the Tampa Bay Rays, as well as redeveloped the ...
The Tampa Bay Rays' $1.7 billion sale to a group led by a Jacksonville-based developer could become official by September, with the two sides agreeing in principle to a deal, according to a report ...
STADIUM DEAL DEAD: St. Pete officials voted Thursday to officially terminate the redevelopment plans as talks of potentially moving the Rays to Tampa for good loom.
Tampa Bay Rays owner Stu Sternberg has agreed in principle to a $1.7 billion deal to sell the franchise to a group led by a Florida-based developer Patrick Zalupski, The Athletic reported Monday.
(The Center Square) — The sale of Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays to a Florida developer could be finalized by September, according to a report in The Athletic. The story says the $1.
S T. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WWSB) - The St. Petersburg City Council formally killed plans Thursday for a new stadium complex for the Tampa Bay Rays, four months after the team pulled out of the deal.