Gov. DeSantis 'confident' Tampa Bay Rays won't leave the state of Florida

Gov. DeSantis 'confident' Tampa Bay Rays won't leave the state of Florida

The governor addressed team's uncertain future as Dreamers make pitch for MLB team in Orlando

The Rays and the Trop: A Never-Ending Story of Despair

The Rays have a murky future ahead of them regarding their damaged stadium, which is currently under repair. The story of the Tampa Bay Rays and Tropicana Field is sad. Really. The last three decades make people laugh and scream simultaneously because an MLB team plays in a stadium everyone hates. It is dark, dirty, claustrophobic, and bare bones. But the worst part is that it didn’t have to be this way. MLB, the City of St. Petersburg, Pinellas…

DeSantis: No state tax dollars for a new Rays stadium

Wherever the beleaguered Tampa Bay Rays decide to go, should they leave St. Petersburg, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has pledged that the state won’t kick in any money for construction of a new stadium. “We are not taking your tax dollars at the state level to do any stadiums,” DeSantis said during a Tuesday press conference in Apopka. “Just not gonna happen.” He did concede that the state might help with infrastructure, such as “roads and exit…

DeSantis: No State Money for Building a New Tampa Bay Rays Stadium

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has pledged not to use state money for the construction of a new stadium for Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays.