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St. Petersburg has likely lost Major League Baseball
The Tampa Bay Rays have likely taken their last at-bat in St. Petersburg, a reality begrudgingly recognized Thursday night by the team’s most ardent supporters in and outside City Hall.
This much is clear: The current iteration of a partnership that Mayor Ken Welch compared to an engagement in January 2023 is over. The team said as much in a letter sent Tuesday to Pinellas County Commissioners, who were supposed to help pay for the wedding.
Council considers economic impact of losing the Rays
While officials hope the Tampa Bay Rays remain in St. Petersburg after the 2028 season, they are also preparing for life without the team.
Welch ‘definitely’ open to talking same deal with new Rays owner
Reports of the death of the Historic Gas Plant District deal may be premature, Poliverse can exclusively reveal.
Does St. Petersburg need baseball?
“Is it nice to have? Absolutely, but we don’t have the same need for baseball that we had 20 years ago,” our CEO, Jason Mathis, told the Tampa Bay Business Jour
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