Recently, we learned that the Tampa Bay Rays will spend their 2025 season playing at George M. Steinbrenner Field, the spring training home of the New York Yank

The Tampa Bay Rays should declare in writing whether they want to pursue an existing financing plan for a new $1.3 billion ballpark or walk away from the deal.

On Monday, Kathleen Peters, Pinellas County Court Commission chairperson, issued a letter to executives of the Tampa Bay Rays, formally requesting the club declare whether it wants to commit to the construction of a new $1.

Tampa Bay is scheduled to play 13 of its first 16 games at home and 47 of 59 through May 28, then play 69 of its last 103 games on the road. The Rays are home for eight of 25 games in July and eight of 26 in August.

According to the Tampa Bay Times, the Tampa Bay Rays have a new roster concern this offseason as a result of their ballpark situation. To accommodate the possibility of lengthy rain delays and rainouts that are associated with an outdoor ballpark in Florida,

If funding were approved, St. Petersburg residents would have been on the hook for a new stadium for one of baseball’s least attended teams.

The Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners has given the Tampa Bay Rays a deadline of December 1 to either commit to the agreement for a new stadium or provide a notice of termination.