I already posted many of the details and implications immediately after the document came out yesterday afternoon...and now you can also read the other reactions from around Tampa Bay...but here are the top live-tweets from Mayor Rick Kriseman and Rays President Brian Auld.
Mayor Kriseman says he has duty to look out for citizens of #StPete, but also to make sure #Rays continue "to have a T.B. on their hats."
— Shadow of Stadium (@StadiumShadow) December 9, 2014
Mayor @Kriseman says MOU does not impact legal leverage of contract. Also inadmissible in court if #Rays go elsewhere. #StadiumSaga
— Shadow of Stadium (@StadiumShadow) December 9, 2014
Mayor @Kriseman: "I want to make clear #StPete's commitment to baseball. We are not ceding the #Rays to Hillsborough Co." #StadiumSaga
— Shadow of Stadium (@StadiumShadow) December 9, 2014
#Rays Prez Auld: we will start a process to look at new sites, but our focus is on the 2015 team.
— Shadow of Stadium (@StadiumShadow) December 9, 2014
#StPete Mayor Kriseman: "I don't think this will be a Pinellas vs Hilsborough Issue." #Rays
— Shadow of Stadium (@StadiumShadow) December 9, 2014
#Rays Prez Auld: "We will be open (but it's) premature for me to explain how we'll go about (financing) process." #StadiumSaga
— Shadow of Stadium (@StadiumShadow) December 9, 2014
Prez Auld paused when asked what #Rays will do to prevent a "Miami Marlins situation" in Tampa Bay - said they'll be nothing but transparent
— Shadow of Stadium (@StadiumShadow) December 9, 2014
#Rays Prez Auld: no comment on how much team will contribute - "we don't know what kind of park we're looking to build."
— Shadow of Stadium (@StadiumShadow) December 9, 2014
Mayor @Kriseman: "I think we're a major-league city even if the #Rays leave here," citing @nytimes mention of #StPete recently.
— Shadow of Stadium (@StadiumShadow) December 9, 2014
I asked #StPete city attorney John Wolfe if he liked the city's final #Rays deal - he paused, then repeated mayor's line that it was "fair."
— Noah Pransky - WTSP (@noahpransky) December 9, 2014
Important fact about #Tampa #StadiumSaga potential: Channelside CRA only 1/5 as fruitful as downtown. May only bond $25-30M total.
— Shadow of Stadium (@StadiumShadow) December 9, 2014
Important fact about #Tampa #StadiumSaga potential: Central Park CRA only 1/20 as fruitful as downtown. May only bond $7M total.
— Shadow of Stadium (@StadiumShadow) December 9, 2014
Other big Shadow of the Stadium posts over the years:
- Bold predictions: How the Rays Stadium Saga will go down (7/3/09)
- Sternberg gives Tampa Bay stadium ultimatum (6/21/10)
- Gammons: MLB needs ability to blackmail cities (8/31/10)
- Stadium Saga isn't Tampa Bay problem; it's MLB's Problem (8/2/11)
- Times Hates Corporate Welfare; Except for Maybe Pro Sports Teams (3/12/13)
- Crazy Simplistic Thoughts on the Stadium Saga (8/30/13)
- Five years of Tampa Bay Times opening day frustratitorials (3/10/14)
I guess St Pete will be paying for The Trop long after Kriseman is voted out of office and the Rays are playing north of the Mason-Dixon or west of the Mississippi.
ReplyDeleteConsidering St. Pete, built the Trop long before the Rays existed, and long before any promises of a team, this should surprise no one.
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