While Pinellas County officials and reps from SportsPark Partners LLC have been meeting about a potential amateur sports and spring-training complex in St. Petersburg, there’s been a notable absence in the proceedings: the Atlanta Braves. (more…)
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MLB, Rays push back on Braves spring camp proposal
In an unusual show of internal dissent, Major League Baseball says a priority for the sport in St. Petersburg is not a spring-training complex for the Atlanta Braves, but rather a new ballpark for the Tampa Bay Rays. (more…)
St. Pete next stop for Braves spring training?
Less than six months after opening a search for a new spring-training home, the Atlanta Braves are part of an effort to bring a 240-acre, $622-million sports complex to St. Petersburg, Florida. (more…)