Tampa Bay Rays’ $892 million Ybor City dream edges closer to reality

Advocacy group says $160 million has been pledged toward a new stadium for the team.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 1:38 p.m. November 20, 2018
A rendering of the Tampa Bay Rays proposal for a new stadium in Ybor City, Tampa. Courtesy photo.
A rendering of the Tampa Bay Rays proposal for a new stadium in Ybor City, Tampa. Courtesy photo.
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TAMPA — Tampa Bay Rays 2020, a nonprofit group of business and community leaders facilitating support for a new Rays stadium in Ybor City, has secured $160 million in support for the project.

 

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