St. Petersburg City Council Chairman Ed Montanari on Tuesday held a news conference at Tropicana Field in which he urged an end to the acrimonious — and currently stalled — negotiations surrounding the future of the Tampa Bay Rays in St. Pete.
Flanked by fellow City Council members Brandi Gabbard and Darden Rice, as well as St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Chris Steinocher and Greater St. Petersburg Area Economic Development Corp. President and CEO J.P. DuBuque, Montanari responded to Mayor Rick Kriseman’s assertion last week that majority owner Stu Sternberg should relinquish control of the team because of a lawsuit filed against him by five of the team’s minority owners.
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