Manfred: Rays expected to have stadium situation figured out by Christmas
5 months ago

Manfred: Rays expected to have stadium situation figured out by Christmas

New York Times  

LOS ANGELES — Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred has late December in mind as a target for the Tampa Bay Rays to know what stadium they’ll call home to open 2025. “I think by Christmas they gotta have a pretty good plan in place, and there’s a lot to that,” Manfred said during batting practice before Game 2 of the World Series on Saturday. Gibby, meet Freddie: MLB delivers 15.2M viewers for #WorldSeries Game 1 ⚾️ pic.twitter.com/EmBjDcF3Ld — FOX Sports PR October 26, 2024 “Ratings were really good last night,” Manfred said. “We’re hoping we get a really good number, they’ve been great so far in the postseason, and hoping we get another good one.” World Series will boost MLB’s revenue Major League Baseball is going to finish with more revenue in 2024 than it did the year before, Manfred said but did not specify a figure for either year.

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Rays prepare for uncertain future, playing home games at Steinbrenner Field this season
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Rays prepare for uncertain future, playing home games at Steinbrenner Field this season

Associated Press  

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — The Rays are used to uncertainty as they prepare for a regular season with home games at Tampa’s Steinbrenner Field, the spring training base of the New York Yankees. “For us, this is what we’ve known,” Rays president of baseball operations Erik Neander said Tuesday at the team’s spring training complex. “We’ve had different types of …

Tampa Bay Rays commit to Tropicana Field repairs, but time is ticking for 2026 opener
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Tampa Bay Rays commit to Tropicana Field repairs, but time is ticking for 2026 opener

CNN  

St. Petersburg, Florida AP — After some uncertainty, the Tampa Bay Rays now support a $55.7 million city plan to repair hurricane-shredded Tropicana Field in time for the 2026 season opener, while the team prepares to play this year at the New York Yankees’ spring training home in nearby Tampa. Matt Silverman, the Rays’ co-president, said in an email to …

Rays commit to Tropicana Field repairs, but time is ticking for 2026 opener
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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Rays commit to Tropicana Field repairs, but time is ticking for 2026 opener

Associated Press  

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — After some uncertainty, the Tampa Bay Rays now support a $55.7 million city plan to repair hurricane-shredded Tropicana Field in time for the 2026 season opener, while the team prepares to play this year at the New York Yankees’ spring training home in nearby Tampa. Matt Silverman, the Rays’ co-president, said in an email to the …

How Yankees, Rays will handle temporary home ballpark in Tampa, Fla.
3 months, 3 weeks ago

How Yankees, Rays will handle temporary home ballpark in Tampa, Fla.

New York Times  

DALLAS — As the baseball world awaits the decision on which team superstar outfielder Juan Soto will sign with in free agency, the New York Yankees announced the details of their partnership with the Tampa Bay Rays for the 2025 season. Due to damage sustained by Tropicana Field in October from Hurricane Milton, the Rays will play their home games …

Rays will play 19 of their first 22 games at home as MLB switches series to avoid summer rain
4 months ago

Rays will play 19 of their first 22 games at home as MLB switches series to avoid summer rain

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Major League Baseball switched a pair of series involving the Tampa Bay Rays to the first two months of the season in an attempt to avoid summer rain at open-air Steinbrenner Field, their temporary home following damage to Tropicana Field. Tampa Bay is scheduled to play 19 of its first 22 games at home and 37 of …

Manfred says Tampa area politicians will be given time to sort out Rays’ ballpark situation
4 months, 1 week ago

Manfred says Tampa area politicians will be given time to sort out Rays’ ballpark situation

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Tampa area politicians will be given time to sort out the Rays’ ballpark situation following Hurricane Milton, and baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said there has been no thought to allowing the team to explore a relocation. “Given the devastation in that area, it’s kind of only fair to give the local governments in the Tampa Bay region …

Rob Manfred gives Rays 2026 deadline for stadium plan, says league expansion still proceeding
4 months, 1 week ago

Rob Manfred gives Rays 2026 deadline for stadium plan, says league expansion still proceeding

New York Times  

NEW YORK — The Tampa Bay Rays likely need a plan for their permanent home no later than 2026, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said Wednesday, appearing to give the team at least a year’s grace to sort through an increasingly confrontational dispute with government officials over financing for a new park. “Given the devastation in that area, it’s kind of …

Rays may not get new stadium in 2028, or at all, after vote to approve bonds postponed again
4 months, 1 week ago

Rays may not get new stadium in 2028, or at all, after vote to approve bonds postponed again

New York Times  

The Tampa Bay Rays’ plans to build a new stadium in St. Petersburg, Fla., took another hit Tuesday. “The future of baseball in Tampa Bay became less certain after that vote.” The Rays and Pinellas County initially agreed to a deal in July that would eventually lead to the groundbreaking on a new stadium in St. Petersburg’s Gas Plant District. …

Rays stadium drama and potential relocation could upend MLB’s expansion plans
4 months, 1 week ago

Rays stadium drama and potential relocation could upend MLB’s expansion plans

LA Times  

Tampa Bay Rays owner Stuart Sternberg talks during a news conference in 2023 announcing plans for a new stadium. For years, commissioner Rob Manfred has maintained the league would not consider expansion until the Oakland Athletics and Tampa Bay Rays resolved their stadium situations. In the wake of Hurricane Milton, which rendered the Rays’ current home of Tropicana Field unplayable …

Hurricane-stricken Tampa Bay Rays to play 2025 season at Yankees’ spring training field in Tampa
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Hurricane-stricken Tampa Bay Rays to play 2025 season at Yankees’ spring training field in Tampa

Associated Press  

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays will play their 2025 home games at the New York Yankees’ nearby spring training ballpark amid uncertainty about the future of hurricane-damaged Tropicana Field, Rays executives told The Associated Press. You’re going to see Major League Baseball in a small environment.” Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said the Rays-Yankees deal is good for …

Tampa Bay Rays to play 2025 MLB season at AL East rivals’ George M. Steinbrenner Field
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Tampa Bay Rays to play 2025 MLB season at AL East rivals’ George M. Steinbrenner Field

CNN  

CNN — The Tampa Bay Rays will play next season in a New York Yankees-owned ballpark. The Tampa-based George M. Steinbrenner Field, the spring training home of the Yankees and their Low-A minor league affiliate, Tampa Tarpons, will serve as the Rays’ home field in 2025, the team announced on Thursday. 🩵 — Tampa Bay Rays November 14, 2024 The …

Tampa Bay Rays’ 2025 stadium unclear, but unlikely to be Nashville or Salt Lake City: Source
5 months ago

Tampa Bay Rays’ 2025 stadium unclear, but unlikely to be Nashville or Salt Lake City: Source

New York Times  

LOS ANGELES — Major League Baseball and the Players Association just worked through the last remaining big-ticket item for the A’s move to Sacramento, a playing surface to combat the heat: MLB is going with grass, not turf as it originally planned. Two possibilities are Steinbrenner Field, the Yankees’ spring training facility, in Tampa, and the old spring training home …

MLB commissioner confident Oakland A’s will move to Las Vegas on schedule
1 year, 1 month ago

MLB commissioner confident Oakland A’s will move to Las Vegas on schedule

New York Times  

TAMPA, Fla. — Commissioner Rob Manfred does not appear worried about the Oakland A’s plan to move to Las Vegas. “First of all, we do have a major-league team in the Bay Area; it’s not like there is not an available option,” Manfred said. “Our All-Star, what’s become most of the week, we need certain facilities and certain kinds of …

Plan outlined for new Tampa Bay Rays ballpark, redevelopment
2 years, 1 month ago

Plan outlined for new Tampa Bay Rays ballpark, redevelopment

Associated Press  

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A new ballpark for the Tampa Bay Rays will be built near the current one under plans unveiled Monday as part of a massive redevelopment project that also includes affordable housing, office space and retail in what was once a thriving Black neighborhood. Mayor Ken Welch, of St. Petersburg, Florida, chose a partnership between the Rays …

MLB commissioner Manfred says 2023 ‘big year’ for A’s future
2 years, 3 months ago

MLB commissioner Manfred says 2023 ‘big year’ for A’s future

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — The Oakland Athletics will have their relocation fee waived if they decide to move to Las Vegas, and MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred says 2023 is a big year when it comes to the future of the franchise. Speaking at baseball’s winter meetings in San Diego, Manfred also said the Los Angeles Angels hope to have their sale …

St. Pete mayor reopens talks on future of Rays stadium site
2 years, 8 months ago

St. Pete mayor reopens talks on future of Rays stadium site

Associated Press  

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida, is reopening talks about the future of the Tropicana Field site where baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays play their home games. Welch, St. Petersburg’s first Black mayor, has made a priority of including such things as affordable housing and greater job opportunities along with Rays baseball. The Rays’ Tropicana Field lease …

Manfred says Rays, A’s need new ballpark deals soon
2 years, 9 months ago

Manfred says Rays, A’s need new ballpark deals soon

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said the Tampa Bay Rays and Oakland Athletics need to reach new ballpark deals soon and left open the possibility of considering relocation if agreements are not struck. “Obviously, the end of that lease is a hard deadline, but you need to take into account that stadiums take a little bit of time …

Rob Manfred says A’s, Rays need new stadiums soon
2 years, 9 months ago

Rob Manfred says A’s, Rays need new stadiums soon

New York Times  

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred once again addressed the league's desire for the Oakland A's and Tampa Bay Rays to get ballpark deals done during a Thursday news conference. But MLB views Las Vegas as viable expansion site, so the work the A's are doing would benefit the league even if they remain in Oakland. Steve Berman, MLB writer: The A's …

MLB’s Manfred says sense of urgency in Rays’ ballpark search
3 years, 1 month ago

MLB’s Manfred says sense of urgency in Rays’ ballpark search

Associated Press  

ORLANDO, Fla. — Baseball officials “have a sense of urgency” to find a new ballpark for the Tampa Bay Rays after scrapping a plan to split seasons between Florida and Montreal when the team’s lease at Tropicana Field expires following the 2027 season. It hampers the ability of the business to operate and the club to operate the most effective …

MLB Commissioner Confident League Can Get Through Season, Playoffs Despite Coronavirus
4 years, 7 months ago

MLB Commissioner Confident League Can Get Through Season, Playoffs Despite Coronavirus

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING NEW YORK — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says he’s confident his sport can get through the regular season and postseason without being stopped by the coronavirus, though not every club might play all 60 games and winning percentage could be used to determine playoff teams. Just 1 1/2 weeks into a pandemic-delayed regular season shortened from 162 …

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