*BREAKING* Rays Stadium deal dead, relocation is coming??

Discussing the Tampa Bay Rays stadium situation

[andrewmcintosh]

The last of the bubble roof stadiums. R.I.P. Trop 1990-2024

[Jonathanstockwell]

Why would you spend 50M+ to fix a stadium that will be destroyed in less than five years?? Of course the taxpayers will eat that, owners need to pay for their own stadiums, not tax payers.

[sandspurpatch]

Spring ball is our forte in Florida but summer is heat mosquitos and rain without a dome.

[robthompson]

I used to live near Tampa St. Pete and I can say, that area does not deserve a major league team. Nobody ever goes to the games. It's ridiculous.

[JeffBezosIsSanta]

You see how politics works on this small of a scale? Now imagine the corruption going on within the United States government. We have local commissioners here upset because the Rays won’t play at the stadium they get kickbacks and donations from and want to do a 325 million project there with the same funds the Rays stadium would use.

[jsbg]

I'm originally from St. Louis and was a big Cardinals fan growing up. I moved to Tampa 20 years and was really excited to support the Rays. The locals are just not baseball fans. It's definitely a football town. I'm upset they couldn't come to a resolution.

[jandrew]

Montreal Expo's would still be AL East, why would you need to change divisions?

[MarshalArnold]

Been to a couple of Rays games, no one out here ever goes. Won't be surprised if they move.

[MikeMane-exvf]

Good riddance. Why give $1 BIILION tax money to a private entity?

[bobschenkel]

If the Rays moved to Montreal, WHY would they have to change their A.L. East alignment? Montreal is not too far from Boston, New York, Toronto and Baltimore. Closer than Tampa in fact.

[NathanSpies]

It seems depressed Ginger really wants the rays to move

[GOLDKW-blgp]

I live East of Tampa on I-4. Tampa will have to decide what to do with the Buccaneers when they want a new stadium or major renovation. Tampa area cannot afford two stadium being built in that time period. Let the Rays go to Orlando or Nashville and get better support. No way will the Hillsborough County(Tampa) citizens vote for this.

[The_Zilli]

The Montreal Expos shall rise again! (sorry, Ill never give up hope)

[marcbevier]

When I was down in Tampa, about five years ago, there was a local push to move the rays to Ybor city

[curtisharvey]

The A's should be the "California A's" while in Sac

[markcopeland]

HELLO NASHIVILLE. Let the billionaires pay for their own stadium !

[Psymuk]

People have already mentioned why Olympic Stadium isn't available, but idk why they would need to change division if playing in Montreal. The Expos were in the NL East.

[IronSikh]

The money is probably better suited to repairing public infrastructure from the storm damage. As for other markets a place like Charlotte NC could be a good fit in the AL East.

[mattyg]

Olympic stadium in Montreal is being renovated for soccer & football it will no longer be ready for baseball

[AndreAllDay]

"It is singularly the best opportunity for our fans to experience 81 games of major league Rays baseball at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa" Rays owner Stuart Sternberg said. "As difficult as it is to get any of these stadiums up to major league standards, it was the least difficult. You're going to see Major League Baseball in a small environment."