After 17 years of negotiations that led to historic votes this summer to build a new Tampa Bay Rays stadium in St. Petersburg, the future of Major League Baseball may hang in the balance once again. Before Pinellas County commissioners on Tuesday is a simple question: Whether to approve previously pledged financing for a share of the costs for a new $1.

Where the Tampa Bay Rays play in the coming years has been a point of discussion in recent weeks, what with Hurricane Milton wreaking havoc on The Trop, the Rays needing to play in a minor-league park in 2025 and their move to a new ballpark for the 2028 ...

After years of talks, a deal for the Rays new ballpark was signed this summer, a $1.3 billion dollar stadium to go along with a massive development plan for St. Pete’s Gas Plant District.