Despite multiple statements publicly and in writing the new stadium deal is dead, the Rays admit that legally it survives.

Pinellas County Commission Chairperson Kathleen Peters sent a two-page letter to the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday asking the team to put in writing whether it intends to move forward on a $1.3 billion stadium voted on in July or provide a notice of termination by Sunday.

In a sometimes scolding letter, Pinellas County Commission Chair Kathleen Peters flatly asks officials with the Tampa Bay Rays if they are in or out on a $1.3 billion stadium deal the team agreed to four months ago.

The letter also illustrates that the county has not missed any deadlines thus far, despite the Rays “fallacious” claims.

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As public battles over a potential stadium deal drag on, the Tampa Bay Rays refused to clarify whether they would move forward or back out of a $1.3 billion deal for a new ballpark in St. Petersburg,