With the future secured, Rays make plans, prepare to break ground

The Tampa Bay Rays plan to move forward with the team's new stadium and the 86-acre redevelopment around it after years of trying to work out a deal that would keep the team in town for the long term.

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 5:00 a.m. August 9, 2024
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The Tampa Bay Rays are finally getting a new ballpark after Pinellas County approved tourism money for for the effort.
The Tampa Bay Rays are finally getting a new ballpark after Pinellas County approved tourism money for for the effort.
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Brian Auld stood before an audience of about 70 people on Oct. 1, 2021, to sell an idea.

As president of the Tampa Bay Rays, he had been dispatched to Oxford Exchange near downtown Tampa to present the team’s latest proposal at a community breakfast. 

 

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