Tropicana Field roof repairs completed ahead of schedule

With its dome roof now replaced, repairs to Tropicana Field will likely be completed before the Tampa Bay Rays home opener on April 6, 2026.

By Anastasia Dawson
| 2:40 p.m. November 24, 2025
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Interior view of Tropicana Field after being severely damaged by Hurricane Milton in October 2024.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

Just over one year after Hurricane Milton ripped the roof off Tropicana Field, the iconic dome roof over St. Petersburg’s Tropicana Field has been restored.

City officials confirmed Friday that all 24 replacement panels have been installed over the Tampa Bay Rays beleaguered home turf, which has sat sodden and exposed to the elements ever since Hurricane Milton ravaged the city and its stadium in October 2024.

The storm forced the Rays to play their entire 2025 season out of Tampa’s George M. Steinbrenner Field, the New York Yankees 10,000-seat spring training stadium. But with roof repairs completed ahead of schedule, city officials announced Friday that Tropicana Field’s $59.7 million makeover should be completed before the 2026 Major League Baseball season begins next April.