Reality or an exercise in futility? Developer picked for $2.7 billion redevelopment

On his way out the door, St. Petersburg mayor picks Miami developer for Tropicana Field project

By Louis Llovio
| 3:02 p.m. December 2, 2021
| 0 Free Articles Remaining!

MARK WEMPLE: A developer has been chosen for the redevelopment of Tropican Field

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman has picked a Miami developer to redevelop Tropicana Field, a decision that faces the very real possibility — like the Tampa Bay Ray’s plans to split their seasons with Montreal — of being dead on arrival.

Kriseman made the announcement that Midtown Development was his choice to redevelop the 86-acre Tropicana Field site at a celebratory press conference Thursday, Dec. 2.