As public battles over a possible stadium deal drag on, the MLB workforce refused to make clear whether or not it will transfer ahead or again out of a $1.3-billion deal for a brand new ballpark in St. Petersburg, Fla., the Tampa Bay Instances reported on Saturday.
Earlier this week, Pinellas County Fee Chairperson Kathleen Peters despatched a letter to Rays workforce presidents Brian Auld and Matt Silverman asking whether or not they plan to go forward on a brand new stadium, setting a Sunday deadline.
Auld and Silverman have beforehand written to the county stating the workforce cannot transfer ahead with the present stadium deal however is “able to work on a brand new resolution” in Tampa Bay.
However except the Rays pull the plug on the deal themselves, they will get to maintain 65 acres of public land in a chief space on the Historic Gasoline Plant District.
The fee voted 6-1 to delay issuing bonds to supply the county share —$312.5 million — paid for with resort and short-term rental taxes. The fee is scheduled to vote on the bonds Dec. 17.
The Rays are being pressured to play the 2025 season on the New York Yankees’ spring-training complicated in Tampa after Hurricane Milton destroyed the roof of Tropicana Area.
The hurricane pushed again the potential opening of a brand new stadium till 2029 at earliest.
