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re: Rays unveil plans to build smallest stadium in baseball to replace Tropicana Field

Posted on 7/10/18 at 3:13 pm to
Posted by CelticDog
Member since Apr 2015
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Posted on 7/10/18 at 3:13 pm to
Was 30k until 2014.

Now have to avg 15k attendance at least every two years.
This post was edited on 7/10/18 at 3:16 pm
Posted by rt3
now in the piney woods of Pineville
Member since Apr 2011
144255 posts
Posted on 7/10/18 at 3:15 pm to
quote:

You need 35k capacity to be d1a

not in baseball

the newly crowned national champs... Oregon State... can barely fit in 7,000

ETA: nevermind... I over-inflated that

Goss Stadium can barely hold 4,000
This post was edited on 7/10/18 at 3:19 pm
Posted by ThatMakesSense
Fort Lauderdale
Member since Aug 2015
15193 posts
Posted on 7/10/18 at 3:16 pm to
quote:

top 10 in the NHL attendance for the Lightning at 19K (100.2% full). 



Amalie Arena is fricking awesome. Maybe they will invest in this.
Posted by TbirdSpur2010
ALAMO CITY
Member since Dec 2010
134050 posts
Posted on 7/10/18 at 3:20 pm to
quote:

Are they the Sun Rays or the Sting Rays?


Devil Rays.

Always.
Posted by CelticDog
Member since Apr 2015
42867 posts
Posted on 7/10/18 at 3:21 pm to
Football 15k avg paid. No stated size now.

Posted by Sun God
Member since Jul 2009
46881 posts
Posted on 7/10/18 at 3:25 pm to
I keep picturing ants under a magnifying glass
Posted by Chad504boy
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Posted on 7/10/18 at 3:26 pm to

then whats this on hat?
Posted by Buckeye Backer
Columbus, Ohio
Member since Aug 2009
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Posted on 7/10/18 at 3:30 pm to
Professional sports in the state of Florida is just a bad idea. Too many franchises for a population that is mostly transplants. They should let the Rays move to a city like San Juan. The San Juan Rays sounds amazing. The people of San Juan absolutely live, eat and breathe baseball. No doubt the support for a team in San Juan would succeed compared to Tampa and Miami attendance figures.
This post was edited on 7/10/18 at 3:31 pm
Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 7/10/18 at 3:33 pm to
quote:

I think you have to estimate a decent gain from those 2 factors alone.


And majority of your folks attending are going to be over in Tampa (or tourists) and not over in St. Pete. St. Pete has always been an out of the way location for the stadium.
Posted by TbirdSpur2010
ALAMO CITY
Member since Dec 2010
134050 posts
Posted on 7/10/18 at 3:34 pm to
quote:

then whats this on hat?


I don't know.
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
50859 posts
Posted on 7/10/18 at 3:35 pm to
I bet that gets voted down
The Portland Rays
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 7/10/18 at 3:35 pm to
because they arent the devil rays any more. they are "rays" as in rays of sun light
Posted by Chad504boy
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Member since Feb 2005
172396 posts
Posted on 7/10/18 at 3:36 pm to
quote:

because they arent the devil rays any more. they are "rays" as in rays of sun light


the other dude said always.

so they dropped the stingray?
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
148119 posts
Posted on 7/10/18 at 3:38 pm to
yes. about 10 years ago
Posted by UltimateHog
Oregon
Member since Dec 2011
67710 posts
Posted on 7/10/18 at 3:40 pm to


That hat logo
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
148119 posts
Posted on 7/10/18 at 3:41 pm to
those were so bad
Posted by TbirdSpur2010
ALAMO CITY
Member since Dec 2010
134050 posts
Posted on 7/10/18 at 3:46 pm to
quote:


the other dude said always.


I trying to imply that they'll always be the D-Rays to me.

I failed.
This post was edited on 7/10/18 at 3:48 pm
Posted by nickp
Member since Jul 2014
83 posts
Posted on 7/10/18 at 3:49 pm to
I love the Rays, but they desperately needed a new stadium. The new one they have planned looks perfect
Posted by ehidal1
Chief Boot Knocka
Member since Dec 2007
37248 posts
Posted on 7/10/18 at 4:19 pm to
I think the future of sports stadiums is going to be small, intimate venues that have crazy amenities and high ticket prices. TV experience is killing the nosebleed ticket market.
Posted by Spelt it rong
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2012
10533 posts
Posted on 7/10/18 at 4:21 pm to
quote:

Not a bad idea. They have to get people in the stands and great offensive displays are a good start.


Are you seeing dimensions that I can't see? "Smallest" is in reference to capacity, not actual size of the field.
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