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But will it solve the team's attendance woes? Probably not.

The Tampa Bay Rays announced plans to build a new stadium in St. Petersburg. The details raise questions about what this means for Rays fans as well as MLBs future.

Think of authors living on the Suncoast and we may think of Stephen King and the recently passed John Jakes.  There are many more and this weekend they will gather for a  local author book fair Saturd

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If only the combined bank accounts of these forty business leaders and Sternberg added up to a new ballpark.

December 18, 2020 As Major League Baseball prepares for 2021, teams are bracing for another season of COVID-19 related financial problems. There will undoubtedly be a smaller-than-usual capacity of fans at ballparks nationwide, and depending on the municipality, there might not be fans at all. Teams are hoping 2021 is not as bad as 2020. According to an analysis by the Tampa Bay Business Journal, the New York Yankees missed over $437 million in expected income. Near the bottom of the list, the ...