Rays Abandon Plans For New St. Petersburg Ballpark
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Sigh. You can take me out of Arizona, then take the Coyotes away from me, but apparently you can't take a franchise under constant threat of relocation from me.
Ultimately there's a high chance they end up in Orlando. The city and county have money to spend via tourism dollars (believe its mandated by law a certain amount goes towards "tourism" which this would fall under) and I'm not sure the local government in St Pete/TB have the stomach to make another stadium deal given they still need to rebuild the area.
After a decade of complaining about the location of the stadium, it makes no sense for the new stadium to be in the same location. I wonder what Tampa's situation is with the Buccaneers stadium lease coming up in a couple of years. At the very least the team would ask for some renovations.
Orlando Dreamers (the baseball group wanting a team) said over the weekend that they have an "anchor investor" ready to buy the team and build the stadium if purchasing is an option.
Group trying to bring MLB to Orlando ready to pounce after Rays new stadium deal falls through
The Orlando Dreamers — led by MLB Hall of Famer Barry Larkin — confirmed they’ve identified an anchor investor to purchase a team and fund the $1.7 billion domed stadium project on a plot of land next to Aquatica water park in Orange County.
