Tampa Delays Rays Stadium Agreement Vote Until August
Tampa’s CRA board postponed a vote on a nonbinding Rays stadium agreement, leaving the proposed public financing deal unresolved as August approaches.
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St. Petersburg Picks Blake Investment Partners for Tropicana Field Site
Mayor Ken Welch selected Blake Investment Partners to redevelop St. Petersburg’s 86-acre Tropicana Field and Historic Gas Plant District site.
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Tampa council advances preliminary Rays ballpark deal in 4-3 vote
Tampa City Council approved a nonbinding Rays ballpark framework, keeping negotiations alive for a proposed $2.3 billion project while funding terms remain unsettled.
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St. Petersburg voters face an August 18 mayoral primary with six candidates
St. Petersburg’s six-candidate mayoral primary is August 18. Mail-ballot requests are due by 5 p.m. Thursday, with early voting beginning August 8.
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Tampa City Council decisions cloud the Rays stadium proposal
Two Tampa votes on July 23 interrupted key financing and land-use steps for the proposed Rays ballpark, but neither action formally ended the nonbinding stadium plan.
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Tampa Rays stadium plan hits a funding gap as Hillsborough weighs which local taxes could pay
Tampa FL – Hillsborough County’s April 16 Rays workshop left key funding questions open, including whether local tax money could help close the gap.