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re: Rays new stadium deal appears to be dead

Posted on 12/12/18 at 10:02 am to
Posted by lsutigers1992
Member since Mar 2006
25317 posts
Posted on 12/12/18 at 10:02 am to
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Florida is the transplant problem on steroids with a ton of retirees from NL/AL East markets.



That's why the Rays won't leave. The Yankees like getting half a dozen extra "home games."
Posted by RedPop4
Santiago de Compostela
Member since Jan 2005
14456 posts
Posted on 12/12/18 at 10:05 am to
Red Sox, as well.
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
75392 posts
Posted on 12/12/18 at 10:05 am to
Would the Jacksonville area have been better than Tampa area for the team when they were added as an expansion team?
Posted by TigernLargo
Largo, Fl
Member since Jan 2008
59 posts
Posted on 12/12/18 at 10:11 am to
both the Yankee's and the Red Sox get that extra home game feeling - with several other teams (O's, Jays) not too far behind.

Games at the Trop aren't the greatest, but they aren't the worst either, especially after bridging the walkway around the outfield..

Once the announcement was made of the pending move to Ybor, many fans living in Pinellas won't make the 20+ mile drive to a run down area of Tampa...
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