The Full Tampa Bay Rays New Stadium Saga *2023 Update*

Rays new stadium renderings through the years and the current situation

[Angelgreat]

I don't understand why the Ray's haven't considered building a stadium on the site of Tampa Stadium, which is next to Raymond James Stadium

[scawfan]

If the Rays stay in St Petersburg, then the team and city MUST invest in public transportation to the location. Like trams, more highways (heck even a toll road and split the money 50/50 with the team and city) and possibly a train station or a fairy for water transport. Or they need to move to Tampa closer to the fans.

[luccakwart]

It’s Very Simple, If They Want A New Stadium, If They Want To Move, But Don’t Want To Loss Fans In Tampa, Then They Should Move To Orlando, There’s More Interest There For An MLB Team There, Tampa Bay Is Not A Baseball Town, They Get More Fans In Orlando Which Isn’t Too Far Away From Tampa Like 2 Hours Away, I’ve Done Designs For A 3 Arena Building Complex Called “The Thunderdome” where the building is shaped like the state of Florida and includes an 80, 000 Football Stadium, A 18, 000 Basketball Arena, And A 30, 000 Baseball Stadium With Restaurants, Shops, Hotel Rooms, Apartments, A Movie Theater, Waterpark, And Aquarium, With A Lazy River Around The Exterior, The Football Interior Would Be Inspired By Sofi, The Basketball Interior Would Be A Major Upgrade From Where The Magic Play Now, And The Baseball Interior Would Be A Clear Glass Dome With Open Air Windows, With Pools And A Mini Waterpark as there would be no outfield seating with The Rays tank from The Trop, With a fish tank behind home plate I know Jeter removed the marlins tank for “safety” but we all know why he did it, coming from a half marlins half Mets fan, and instead of there being seats in the outfield the press boxes would in where there’s usually an upper deck, if I had the money and I ran the Rays that’s what I would do, Tampa isn’t a place for baseball

[lightninlarry]

If the Rays build a new ballpark, it will not have a retractable roof. It is much cheaper to have a fixed roof. The main issue with fixed roof stadiums is when they don’t let any natural light in. The Rays need a ~30, 000 seat stadium with a fixed roof and glass windows in the outfield to let light in.

[Mike-werb]

Haven’t they been planning a stadium for over 10 years now? They said they were gonna have a new stadium by 2012. Wtf is taking so long

[BamaGard]

The lip smacking, man. Please do something about muting or minimizing it. Please.