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re: Let’s talk about the Rays, how long do they have left in Tampa?
Posted on 8/21/21 at 3:00 am to Paul Allen
Posted on 8/21/21 at 3:00 am to Paul Allen
More than enough room on either side of Raymond James and you can squeeze a baseball stadium downtown much more easily than any other venue.
I know nothing about this land in particular but this seems like a decent spot
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I know nothing about this land in particular but this seems like a decent spot
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Posted on 8/21/21 at 6:24 am to lsufball19
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Tampa Bay, Miami, Oakland, and Toronto have all averaged fewer people per home game this year than 4 SEC baseball teams
Holy cow, if true baseball may be heading for a contraction down the road if that continues
Posted on 8/21/21 at 1:31 pm to Paul Allen
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So weird. Their metro area has a population well over 2 million people and the city unabashedly supports the Bucs and Lightning.
Not really. Have you ever been to a game? I interned in Tampa in college. The stadium is in a terrible location. Aside from the fact that the stadium is a dump and is in the middle of nowhere, it’s basically directly across the bay from Tampa proper. We went to a bunch of games and never made it to the stadium in under an hour and a half. People that work in the city are not making a night game.
Either build a stadium downtown on the waterfront or out by Raymond James. There’s plenty of room. The Yankees spring training facility is right across the hwy from RJS, and it’s arguably nicer than the Trop
Posted on 8/21/21 at 5:59 pm to FiddleHead
Where else could they go besides Nashville or Montreal? Vegas ain't happening
Posted on 8/24/21 at 6:21 pm to FiddleHead
Could San Antonio be an option?
Posted on 8/25/21 at 1:34 am to Cosmo
Portland. They have stadium approval and plans.
Posted on 8/25/21 at 1:51 am to Paul Allen
quote:they have tried. Its gone nowhere every time. Most recently the Ybor stadium that fell apart a couple years ago
Maybe an outdoor stadium in Tampa would be more feasible or an outdoor stadium in St. Pete? The area is definitely growing too.
Rays will be the expos in 5 years
Posted on 8/25/21 at 6:12 am to Bigryno7
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Someone who lived there said the stadium is a nightmare to get to.
It's one of the easiest sporting venues to get into. Affordable parking literally right outside the door. It's all ground level doors as well so you walk right to the building and inside much like a retail store. If they are referring to traffic; perhaps, but show me a stadium that doesn't lead to traffic snarls in the immediate area before/after an event.
Posted on 8/25/21 at 6:49 am to Tiger in Gatorland
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referring to traffic
This has always been an issue. There's basically one way into St Pete from the Tampa side and no one likes the drive. A friend of mine puts it this way: Tampa is a medium sized city that still has small city infrastructure.
Posted on 8/25/21 at 7:31 pm to sta4ever
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And they play in the AL East, so you would think playing the Yankees and Red Sox a lot, would attract a lot of people to those games, and other games against big AL teams
That's the only time The Trop is sold out or nearly sold out. Yankees, Red Sox, Mets, and Phillies games are always guaranteed sell outs. With the Chicago teams and Detroit close sell outs. I lived in the Tampa area for 10 years of my life and my parents are still there. I truly believe the only people in the area that really wanted a team were those people from up north to watch their old teams play. My family is guilty of this as Yankees and Mets fans. If the Rays move to Hillsborough, attendance will jump up by 10K.
This post was edited on 8/25/21 at 7:34 pm
Posted on 8/25/21 at 9:35 pm to FiddleHead
How long for Nashville to build a stadium?
Posted on 8/25/21 at 10:03 pm to FiddleHead
Rays move to Montreal to stay in AL East
A’s move to Vegas to stay in AL West
A’s move to Vegas to stay in AL West
Posted on 8/26/21 at 7:13 am to ChestRockwell
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Where else could they go besides Nashville or Montreal? Vegas ain't happening
Charlotte
Posted on 8/26/21 at 4:21 pm to FiddleHead
80% of this problem is that they play in St Pete. The other 20% is that the trop is a dump. It's absolutely unbearable to get over during rush hour. I grew up in Lakeland and it takes at least 90 minutes to get there from my parent's house and it's bumper to bumper 35mph traffic the whole way. Contrast that with it taking 45 minutes to get to Channelside (with a million things to do) for a Lightning game or 60 minutes to get to Ray Jay for a Bucs game.
They need to figure out how to get that stadium into Ybor City or try to build something out at the fair grounds. The trop was built 30 years ago when there were half as many people living in the area but the same roads as they have now. It just doesn't work.
They need to figure out how to get that stadium into Ybor City or try to build something out at the fair grounds. The trop was built 30 years ago when there were half as many people living in the area but the same roads as they have now. It just doesn't work.
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