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How Long to Redevelop the Rays’ Home Turf in St. Petersburg? Mayor Kriseman Won’t Say
Published on March 8, 2019 by Josh Solomon of the Tampa Bay Times
Mayor Rick Kriseman said the redevelopment of Tropicana Field is imminent.
That was back in 2018.
And yet the critical first step in the process — asking companies to compete for a city contract to develop the potentially lucrative 86-acre site — hasn’t happened and may not happen any time soon. Even though Kriseman said it would more than a year ago.
Now the mayor says that timeline for developing perhaps the most important piece of real estate in the city was “optimistic.”
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