In a game of chicken between the Tampa Bay Rays and the local government, the Rays have the next move. According to USA Today, the Rays have until Dec. 1 to dec

Imagine owning a team worth $1.25 billion. You’ve worked for years on a new ballpark, only to see it wiped out. Welcome to the joys of owning the Tampa Bay Rays.

The Rays should declare in writing whether they want to pursue an existing financing plan for a new $1.3 billion ballpark or walk away from the deal, a top county official says.

The Tampa Bay Rays are going to have to unexpectedly play their home games outdoors this season in the middle of Florida’s thunderstorm season, but Major League Baseball says it is now swapping some games around to limit the potential disruptions to their schedule.

Recently, we learned that the Tampa Bay Rays will spend their 2025 season playing at George M. Steinbrenner Field, the spring training home of the New York Yankees. This is the result of severe damage done to Tropicana Field by Hurricane Milton in mid-October.

Tampa Bay is scheduled to play 13 of its first 16 games at home and 47 of 59 through May 28, then play 69 of its last 103 games on the road. The Rays are home for eight of 25 games in July and eight of 26 in August.

If funding were approved, St. Petersburg residents would have been on the hook for a new stadium for one of baseball’s least attended teams.

There’s an ongoing saga, as you know, regarding where the Tampa Bay Rays will be playing going forward. There was a deal nearly all settled for a new Rays stadium to be built in St. Petersburgh and opening in 2028,