Make no mistake about it, this is NOT on the Rays, this is solely at the feet of St Pete and Pinellas County for playing games. Dont get me wrong, i loath the Rays owner Sternberg, he is major D-bag, and a penny pinching miser, but this is not on him or the Rays. St Pete has NEVER been nor will ever be, a Major league city.
Only Miami and Oakland had lower average attendance numbers than the Rays in 2024. Why would St Pete want to spend millions to keep them, and why wouldn't the Rays want to leave? It seems to me the vast majority of Pinellas residents couldn't care less.
BEACHES OVER BASEBALL! DEMO THAT TROP NOW!!!!! USE THOSE BILLIONS TO FIX OUR BEACHES NOW! Send them to Tampa or up north with the Snowbirds! NO TAX DOLLARS FOR BASEBALL, Those cheapo billionairs can pay for it themsevles!
You know as well as I do the billionaires will find another city that WILL build a new stadium just to LAND the team and the hundreds of jobs which created thousands of jobs.. From construction, marketing, concessions, janitors, not to mention the baseball management, coaches, players, and grounds keepers. While the stadiums don't pay for themselves with rent, they aren't total losses either... The investments pays off with the economic activities surrounding landing or keeping a MLB team...
A lot of people are saying the owners should pay for it. Trust me , if you were an owner you would not be absorbing the entire cost either. The Rays being in St Pete is a win win for them and for the community in the long run . I’m certain if they look for a new place to go such as Utah or wherever , the city/state will gladly help build a new stadium .
@@ericvelazquez7688 if you believe in your product you would, the golden state warrior and clippers owners built thier own stadiums. If it is truly a win , they should be able to get financing.
@@Keithdagreat if this was product fan truly wanted , he would sell the team to a owner that would build his own stadium.The truth is nobody wants this team.
@ I use work there I use live walk in there ready for a game unfortunately no more I work at Yankees place now but idk how that gonna work this season ppl here scared on crowd draw when play big teams like Yankees and who coming to games
Nothing about a dedicated football stadium works for baseball at all. If we were talking about one of the old multi use stadiums then that would make sense like Candlestick Three Rivers, Oakland Coliseum. And then there's the schedule and the making the field playable for football after baseball and vice versa.
@@kramalerav Raymond James field dimensions are 272 ft by 400 ft. That clearly does not work for baseball. No active NFL stadium works for baseball anymore.
You have to keep in mind that Ray J is also home to USF. IMO, it would be best to get the Rays out of St. Pete. bring them to Tampa. Hell, there was a stadium in WH that was torn down they could have repurposed and there's also a stadium in Plant City where the Reds played.
@@nailingit73 Both of those stadiums are/were extremely obsolete by even the lowest level of minor league baseball standards. This isn't Little League.
I don't see the Rays sticking around. Maybe Orlando if Tampa won't work with them but more than likely they are headed out of state. Charlotte? Memphis? Maybe, I'd add Oklahoma City to the list but the league would have to do some division realignment to make that work. We'll see.
Memphis? Dear god. That city is a dying slum. Why it has Triple-A baseball is beyond me. The Clearwater Threshers of the lowly Florida State League draw as many fans as Memphis does.
@@cpl.m9645 They're leaving so F that contract! Its a CONDEMED BUILDING Anyways!!!! Even the Rays guy said its north worth it! DEMO IT NOW! Let the Rays leave EARLY! Spend that money on our beaches! Then maybe in 30 years Tampa proper will gat a NEW RAYS that actually care about our community, and are anchored in TAMPA proper OUR BEACHES ARE FIRST! NO FOR ANY MONEY TO BASEBALL PERIOD!
And almost no billionaire wants to own a team known by the city of Tampa Bay but actually based in St Petersburg. Any new owner is not going to want to build in Florida with insurance rates on the rise, poor attendance on a regular basis regardless how good the team is and an increase in hurricane frequency. Billionaires look at long term viability and most don't see it with the Rays in St. Pete so if St. Pete and Pinellas County truly want the Rays to stay they unfortunately have to help facilitate it because the Rays staying is not good business. Steve Ballmer and no one like him will buy the Rays and invest billions of their own money into a stadium. It's not happening.
I don’t know why it is such a big deal. Just fix the damage. Such idiots. Always trying to get something for nothing. Also put the Rays in Tampa, and bring an NBA basketball team to St. Pete
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They better not spend our money on it. There are peoples homes thatvare destroyed. Those people dont make millions of dollars a year.
It's all saint Petersburg and Pinellas county fault
Wait a minute. You mean FEMA is not going to build a new stadium?
Make no mistake about it, this is NOT on the Rays, this is solely at the feet of St Pete and Pinellas County for playing games. Dont get me wrong, i loath the Rays owner Sternberg, he is major D-bag, and a penny pinching miser, but this is not on him or the Rays. St Pete has NEVER been nor will ever be, a Major league city.
Sell it to Zelensky he’d love to own a team.
Zelensky only accepts gifts.
MLB Should Force To Monitor The Situation Closely
It ends with a whimper not a bang.
The problem is St Petersburg is mostly Democratic base where it comes to rulings, they've been wasting their money
In a Republican state... Tampa isn't Boston or LA
POS stadium needs to go
TAMPA BAY HATES STEWIE STERNBERG!!!
Wouldn’t it cost less and be done sooner to repair the damage than to ask for a New Stadium?
I love watching rich people cry😢.
Only Miami and Oakland had lower average attendance numbers than the Rays in 2024. Why would St Pete want to spend millions to keep them, and why wouldn't the Rays want to leave? It seems to me the vast majority of Pinellas residents couldn't care less.
News 8 says it's dead. Which is it?
BEACHES OVER BASEBALL! DEMO THAT TROP NOW!!!!! USE THOSE BILLIONS TO FIX OUR BEACHES NOW!
Send them to Tampa or up north with the Snowbirds! NO TAX DOLLARS FOR BASEBALL, Those cheapo billionairs can pay for it themsevles!
You know as well as I do the billionaires will find another city that WILL build a new stadium just to LAND the team and the hundreds of jobs which created thousands of jobs.. From construction, marketing, concessions, janitors, not to mention the baseball management, coaches, players, and grounds keepers. While the stadiums don't pay for themselves with rent, they aren't total losses either... The investments pays off with the economic activities surrounding landing or keeping a MLB team...
A lot of people are saying the owners should pay for it. Trust me , if you were an owner you would not be absorbing the entire cost either. The Rays being in St Pete is a win win for them and for the community in the long run . I’m certain if they look for a new place to go such as Utah or wherever , the city/state will gladly help build a new stadium .
Maybe they can take another crack at Ybor City.
@@greatonepro😂
@@ericvelazquez7688 if you believe in your product you would, the golden state warrior and clippers owners built thier own stadiums. If it is truly a win , they should be able to get financing.
@@Keithdagreat if this was product fan truly wanted , he would sell the team to a owner that would build his own stadium.The truth is nobody wants this team.
@ I use work there I use live walk in there ready for a game unfortunately no more I work at Yankees place now but idk how that gonna work this season ppl here scared on crowd draw when play big teams like Yankees and who coming to games
Why can’t they play temporarily in the stadium where the Buccaneers play?
Nothing about a dedicated football stadium works for baseball at all. If we were talking about one of the old multi use stadiums then that would make sense like Candlestick Three Rivers, Oakland Coliseum. And then there's the schedule and the making the field playable for football after baseball and vice versa.
@ In the unlikely event that the Rays were to make the postseason in 2025, I’m pretty sure it would be doable so as to maximize attendance.
@@kramalerav Raymond James field dimensions are 272 ft by 400 ft. That clearly does not work for baseball. No active NFL stadium works for baseball anymore.
You have to keep in mind that Ray J is also home to USF. IMO, it would be best to get the Rays out of St. Pete. bring them to Tampa. Hell, there was a stadium in WH that was torn down they could have repurposed and there's also a stadium in Plant City where the Reds played.
@@nailingit73 Both of those stadiums are/were extremely obsolete by even the lowest level of minor league baseball standards. This isn't Little League.
I don't see the Rays sticking around. Maybe Orlando if Tampa won't work with them but more than likely they are headed out of state. Charlotte? Memphis? Maybe, I'd add Oklahoma City to the list but the league would have to do some division realignment to make that work. We'll see.
Memphis? Dear god. That city is a dying slum. Why it has Triple-A baseball is beyond me. The Clearwater Threshers of the lowly Florida State League draw as many fans as Memphis does.
If the owners can’t afford it sell the team to a group that can. There are many rich people who’d love to own a baseball team.
The city owns the field and are contractually obligated to fix it.
@@cpl.m9645and they voted not to. So sue them
Ya sure .. you obviously don’t understand what actually goes on .
@@cpl.m9645 They're leaving so F that contract! Its a CONDEMED BUILDING Anyways!!!! Even the Rays guy said its north worth it! DEMO IT NOW! Let the Rays leave EARLY!
Spend that money on our beaches! Then maybe in 30 years Tampa proper will gat a NEW RAYS that actually care about our community, and are anchored in TAMPA proper
OUR BEACHES ARE FIRST! NO FOR ANY MONEY TO BASEBALL PERIOD!
And almost no billionaire wants to own a team known by the city of Tampa Bay but actually based in St Petersburg. Any new owner is not going to want to build in Florida with insurance rates on the rise, poor attendance on a regular basis regardless how good the team is and an increase in hurricane frequency. Billionaires look at long term viability and most don't see it with the Rays in St. Pete so if St. Pete and Pinellas County truly want the Rays to stay they unfortunately have to help facilitate it because the Rays staying is not good business. Steve Ballmer and no one like him will buy the Rays and invest billions of their own money into a stadium. It's not happening.
I don’t know why it is such a big deal. Just fix the damage. Such idiots. Always trying to get something for nothing. Also put the Rays in Tampa, and bring an NBA basketball team to St. Pete
@@chadgrueber3731 Hell naw !!! You can't even support the Ray's. You guys should focus on getting something small , like a NWSL team.
What do you do with the stadium then?
Delay
241122 SG
Let me in, children, winter is so cold
Grandma, December 5th, the journey is the destination
Code winter sun
Snowstorm, a storm howls around the house, ice cold, roof tiles clatter.
The woolen socks stretched out towards the warm fireplace.
The whole family wrapped in frozen white blankets, warm each other and listen.
It begins with its quiet voice, as it always has, no one can remember otherwise.
The voice roars through the room, through the storm to the last crack in the boards.
Once upon a time, a long, long time ago...
An old white man with a long, white beard trudges through the deep snow.
Snow boots, white underpants, red pointed cap.
A marketplace like from childhood, a festival of lights for strangers.
His large, empty backpack clatters to the floor.
Bright moonlight. The finest, white snowfall from a crystal-clear sky trickles like dust and covers everything as if it wants to protect everything, shining like diamonds.
The engineer taps his lamp and shines it into the bucket, he is hungry, there is enough snow.
A little angel flutters past.
Ruprecht's purchased payment card was fake.
A bottle!
He lifts it into the moonlight, top quality, just a little fresh lipstick on it.
His white hands tremble.
Clink, into the sack.
Alibaba stands there.
His snow-white teeth shine like gold to the moon.
His stiletto blade glitters like silver.
On the tip is a ten-dollar bill.
My friend, you want paper?
Stab, grandma falls over,
Hit in the neck, as instructed, and she is gone.
The white beard asks, how old are you, dwarf?
Infinitely
I, am older, because I am who I am.
The little angels come back and whisper in his frozen ear, Grandma is home.
You ask, and the children?
Look in my sack.
I have endless time.
And if they haven't died, then they're still alive today.
The fire in the stove goes out, he's gone.
A bright shooting star rushes silently across the entire sky and lights up the world.
His path is the destination.