Tropicana Field redevelopment could result in I-175 shift

Proposal to relocate highway that impacts neighborhoods has gained traction amid potential federal funding. The city intends to select a winning developer for the project in either May or June.

By Kevin McQuaid
| 6:00 a.m. March 26, 2021
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COURTESY PHOTO â€” The City of St. Petersburg has shortlisted the potential candidates to redevelop Tropicana Field to four, as a proposal to shift Interstate 175 gains traction.

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Among the loftier ideas contained in developers’ proposals to re-invent the Tropicana Field site in St. Petersburg is a concept to de-emphasize Interstate 175 or its associated ramps, which border the 86-acre, city-owned property.

Nearly half of the seven proposals submitted to the city in January specifically embraced Florida Department of Transportation intentions to either remove or de-escalate the highway, which represents a physical barrier to city access that has greatly impacted African-American neighborhoods.