Tampa Bay Rays Announce New Ballpark

[HCCForever]

The Rays announced approval of a new ballpark that will have capacity of 30K with artificial turf and a fixed dome. Not my idea of a ballpark. The park will be in the Gas Plant District of St. Petersburg.

Tampa Bay Rays hit homerun deal with new St. Petersburg stadium

The $1.3 billion estimated construction cost for the domed, air-conditioned stadium would not dip into property taxes, the city's mayor said.

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[HuskyHawk]

The Rays announced approval of a new ballpark that will have capacity of 30K with artificial turf and a fixed dome. Not my idea of a ballpark. The park will be in the Gas Plant District of St. Petersburg.

Tampa Bay Rays hit homerun deal with new St. Petersburg stadium

The $1.3 billion estimated construction cost for the domed, air-conditioned stadium would not dip into property taxes, the city's mayor said.

www.wtsp.com

Good Lord. They finally move out of that catastrophe and it’s to a dome? It probably won’t be as bad. I guess people in Florida like air conditioning.

 

[Yardigan]

Yes, the current park sucks out loud....the worst in sports that I've been to. It seems like you're in someone's basement. But that's not the main reason why no one goes. From having lived there, I can tell you that, no one goes because all the people live in Tampa, and no one wants to drive over the HowWeird Franklin Bridge to St. Pete. I don't see this changing that...even though I would say, without even seeing plans, that the new one will be a hundred times better than the old one...

 

[Yardigan]

Yes, the current park sucks out loud....the worst in sports that I've been to. It seems like you're in someone's basement. But that's not the main reason why no one goes. From having lived there, I can tell you that, no one goes because all the people live in Tampa, and no one wants to drive over the HowWeird Frankland Bridge to St. Pete. I don't see this changing that...even though I would say, without even seeing plans, that the new one will be a hundred times better than the old one...