Several months after we first asked the frontrunners in the St. Petersburg mayor's race for their thoughts on a new Rays stadium, the same candidates were asked to react to the initial findings from the ABC Coalition and - once again - what steps they favor in keeping baseball in Tampa Bay long-term.
We compare the leading candidates to each other and compares how some platforms have changed since May.
For more, continue here: http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=110625
Friday, July 31, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Sarasota Will Build It, Orioles Will Come
After a marathon meeting featuring pleas from dozens of passionate residents, Sarasota County Commissioners approved a "memo of understanding" with the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night.
The agreement - signed by the county and team - is essentially a rough draft of a lease. It will bring the Orioles' spring training to Sarasota in 2010 and preserve an 86-year tradition of Major League Baseball in the city.
For more, continue reading here.
The agreement - signed by the county and team - is essentially a rough draft of a lease. It will bring the Orioles' spring training to Sarasota in 2010 and preserve an 86-year tradition of Major League Baseball in the city.
For more, continue reading here.
Friday, July 17, 2009
Research Says St. Pete Among Worst Options for Rays
The private group commissioned last year to ensure the long-term success of baseball in Tampa Bay suggested Thursday that Downtown St. Pete is not a suitable long-term home for the Rays.
As it continues to release its initial findings, the Stadium Options committee of the ABC Coalition said that it studied five possible trade areas in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties, and Tropicana Field's current location near downtown St. Pete was too remote for most baseball fans to get to conveniently.
For more, continue reading here.
As it continues to release its initial findings, the Stadium Options committee of the ABC Coalition said that it studied five possible trade areas in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties, and Tropicana Field's current location near downtown St. Pete was too remote for most baseball fans to get to conveniently.
For more, continue reading here.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Group Releases First Findings on Rays
Nearly a year after it was created, the ABC Coalition - a private advisory board tasked with keeping the Rays in Tampa Bay - began releasing its initial findings on Monday.
Although the findings came with the disclaimer that they were preliminary and completely non-binding (the group has no legislative authority), some of the numbers discussed were staggering.
For more, continue here: http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=109480
Although the findings came with the disclaimer that they were preliminary and completely non-binding (the group has no legislative authority), some of the numbers discussed were staggering.
For more, continue here: http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=109480
Friday, July 10, 2009
Fans Launch Campaign to Move Rays to Tampa
With new reports from stadium-search group "The ABC Coalition" due next week, fans in Hillsborough County are launching a grass-roots effort to land the Rays a new home in Downtown Tampa.
For more, continue here: http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=109345
For more, continue here: http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=109345
Friday, July 3, 2009
How the Rays Stadium Saga Will Go Down
A tug-of-war - first between two local communities, then two communities separated by hundreds or thousands of miles. Blogs, petitions, editorials, and maybe even a full-page ad or two. Anger. Heartbreak.
These are all the things we in the Tampa Bay area have to look forward to in the next couple of years as the Rays lobby for a new state-of-the-art baseball stadium.
For more, continue here: http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=108842
These are all the things we in the Tampa Bay area have to look forward to in the next couple of years as the Rays lobby for a new state-of-the-art baseball stadium.
For more, continue here: http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=108842
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