{"id":138775,"date":"2024-12-19T12:42:56","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T05:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138775"},"modified":"2024-12-19T12:42:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T05:42:56","slug":"mlb-in-austin-texas-tampa-bay-rays-new-stadium-deal-reportedly-in-jeopardy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138775","title":{"rendered":"MLB in Austin, Texas? Tampa Bay Rays new stadium deal reportedly in jeopardy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing saga has the Rays pushing for more money, claiming the delayed vote pushed the project back and increased costs significantly.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 What appeared to be a done deal now appears to be in jeopardy.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>A new stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays continues to be surrounded by questions despite Florida officials voting to approve funding for a $1.3 billion ballpark.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>Earlier this week, county commissioners in Florida approved issuing more than $300 million in bonds to fund their share of the project. Under the agreement, the city and county would put up about half the cost, with the Rays covering the rest, including any cost overruns.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>However, the ongoing stadium saga has the Rays pushing for more. Rays co-president Matt Silverman claimed the twice-delayed vote pushed the project back, increasing costs significantly.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred recently met with several skeptical commissioners to stress the project&#8217;s importance and the league&#8217;s desire to keep a team in the region. Now a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/43039285\/mlb-2024-tampa-bay-rays-st-petersburg-new-stadium-future-tropicana-field-faq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report from ESPN&#8217;s Jeff Passan<\/a> points to Austin being a likely destination if the franchise decides to relocate.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>The Rays will play the 2025 season at the New York Yankees&#8217; spring training complex after Tropicana Field suffered extensive damage during Hurricane Milton. ESPN reports that Florida officials believe it can repair the stadium in time for the 2026 season, but the Rays say it wouldn&#8217;t be ready until the last year of their lease in 2027.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<h3>The push for Major League Baseball in Central Texas<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>A newly formed group in Austin continues its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kvue.com\/article\/sports\/baseball\/major-league-baseball-austin\/269-7b8bcd53-6cdd-4da1-9b3f-b13313df2be1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">push to bring the MLB to Austin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>The Austin Baseball Commission was founded in early July with hopes of building &#8220;the largest, broadest community effort&#8221; in the city&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>Manfred already stated the MLB expects to expand by 2029, with reports saying the league could go from 30 teams to 32 teams. But the Austin commission says they&#8217;re already behind.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>\u201cSalt Lake City\u2019s further along, Portland\u2019s further along, Nashville\u2019s further along,\u201d Matt Mackowiak said. \u201cAustin is a market that is maturing literally on a daily basis and becoming not just a major national market, but a global market with global events.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>Austin is still the largest American city without a team in the &#8220;big four&#8221; leagues of the National Football League, National Basketball Association, National Hockey League and Major League Baseball. Major League Soccer club Austin FC became the city&#8217;s first professional sports team in 2021.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>There&#8217;s also the thought that the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros could intervene, which Mackowiak dismissed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>\u201cThis idea that we have to ask Dallas\u2019s permission if we can have nice things is ridiculous,\u201d Mackowiak said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>The owners of the current 30 MLB teams have the final say. While they&#8217;re still early in the process, supporters of a new Rays stadium in the Tampa Bay area point to the bigger picture behind keeping baseball by the bay.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>The proposed stadium is a signature piece of a broader $6.5 billion revitalization project known as the Historic Gas Plant District, which refers to a predominantly Black neighborhood that was forced out by the construction of Tropicana Field and a highway.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>Supporters say the development would transform an 86-acre tract in the city\u2019s downtown, with plans for a Black history museum, affordable housing, entertainment venues, office and retail space \u2014 and the promise of thousands of jobs.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__section article__section_type_text utility__text\">\n<p>\u201cThis is much, much bigger than a stadium,\u201d Pinellas County Commission Chair Kathleen Peters said at a November meeting. \u201cIt\u2019s about the investment we can make and the return on that investment that can guarantee we can keep our taxes low.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kvue.com\/article\/sports\/tampa-bay-rays-relcoation-options-austin-texas\/269-6077f8ba-3b9f-4425-a7a3-532426404bef\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ongoing saga has the Rays pushing for more money, claiming the delayed vote pushed the project back and increased costs significantly. 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