In their pitch for a new ballpark, the Tampa Bay Rays will need to offer more than $150 million as a financial contribution, according to a Hillsborough County official. (more…)
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Sternberg: Rays Could Contribute $150M For New Ballpark
Based on initial projections, Tampa Bay Rays owner Stuart Sternberg says that the team’s contribution to a new ballpark could be $150 million. (more…)
Rays Ballpark Search Should Be Completed By Year’s End: Sternberg
Tampa Bay Rays principal owner Stuart Sternberg says the team’s search for a new ballpark could be completed before the end of the year, with the team ready to take quick action once a site is selected. (more…)
Sternberg: Progress Being Made on New Rays Ballpark Search
There are plenty of contenders for a Tampa Bay baseball facility, and owner Stuart Sternberg says plenty of progress is being made on the search for a new Rays ballpark. (more…)
Rays Connected to Montreal Move
Through a series of tweets published by a journalist on Sunday, the Tampa Bay Rays were tied to a move to Montreal’s Griffintown neighborhood. (more…)
Sternberg: Rays ballpark search will proceed
The search for a new Tampa Bay Rays ballpark location will take place in coming years with or without the cooperation of St. Petersburg, according to Rays owner Stuart Sternberg. (more…)
Manfred: Montreal viable MLB market
Echoing what we’ve heard from plenty of MLB folks recently: New Commissioner Rob Manfred views Montreal as a potential market for Major League Baseball — under the right circumstances. (more…)
Year-end countdown: #3, Montreal and MLB
Between now and New Year’s Eve we’ll run down the top ten stories covered on Ballpark Digest in 2014, determined by page views. At #3: efforts to bring Major League Baseball back to Montreal. (more…)
Sternberg: Rays will move without new ballpark
Tampa Bay Rays owner Stuart Sternberg says he’ll sell the team if the St. Petersburg City Council fails to let the team look for a new ballpark site in Tampa. (more…)
Montreal may be looking good to Stuart Sternberg these days
If Rays owner Stuart Sternberg decides Tampa Bay can never support Major League Baseball, he reportedly has a new home in mind: Montreal. (more…)
Commissioner’s race thrown into tumult, as some owners back Werner
The emergence of Tom Werner as a candidate has thrown next week’s decision by MLB owners on a new commissioner into disarray, as Rob Manfred faces competition from the Boston Red Sox chairman. There are three influential owners — White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf, Red Sox owner John Henry and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim […]
Kalt leaves Tampa Bay Rays for Manhattan
Michael Kalt, who oversaw new-ballpark efforts for the Tampa Bay Rays, is leaving the team and will be opening an investment office in Manhattan for team investors. The move seems more for lifestyle choices than anything to do with the Rays situation; with prospects seemingly bright for a new Rays ballpark somewhere in Tampa Bay, […]
Could MLB really return to Montreal sooner than later?
Many baseball insiders assume MLB will return to Montreal, but some — like agent Scott Boras — are pushing for an earlier return if the Tampa Bay Rays cannot solve their ballpark issues. Boras was pretty clear about Montreal serving as a better home to the Rays, as reported by Paul Sullivan of the Chicago […]