Tampa approved its portion of a proposed Rays ballpark deal on August 27. Hillsborough County commissioners are scheduled to decide Friday whether the agreement moves forward.
Tampa’s CRA board postponed a vote on a nonbinding Rays stadium agreement, leaving the proposed public financing deal unresolved as August approaches.
Mayor Ken Welch selected Blake Investment Partners to redevelop St. Petersburg’s 86-acre Tropicana Field and Historic Gas Plant District site.
Tampa City Council approved a nonbinding Rays ballpark framework, keeping negotiations alive for a proposed $2.3 billion project while funding terms remain unsettled.
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.
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.
Tampa FL – Hillsborough County’s April 16 Rays workshop left key funding questions open, including whether local tax money could help close the gap.
