Tampa Bay Rays, local officials agree on a framework for new stadium

The agreement, which still needs final approval by the relevant governing bodies, calls for the team to pay $1.7 billion of the cost for the $2.3 billion ballpark.

The Tampa Bay Rays hope to build a new ballpark and mixed-use development across from Raymond James Stadium on the site of today's Hillsborough College in Tampa.
The Tampa Bay Rays hope to build a new ballpark and mixed-use development across from Raymond James Stadium on the site of today's Hillsborough College in Tampa.
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The Tampa Bay Rays and local officials have agreed on the outline of a plan for the team to build a new $2.3 billion ballpark along with a mixed used development on the campus of Hillsborough College in Tampa.

 

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