Why the Rays chose Tampa for 2025 season

Where the Tampa Bay Rays would play their 2025 season has dominated discourse in the month since Hurricane Milton tore the roof off Tropicana Field. The team will travel across the bay.

Ray president Matt Silverman told the Catalyst that the team prioritized keeping games local. Tampa's George M. Steinbrenner Field made the most sense among the three options.

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Happy 100th to the St. Petersburg Coliseum

So many of St. Petersburg’s iconic hotels went up in the mid 1920s, when the Florida land boom was in full stride, and the city was positioning itself as a winter playground for northerners eager to leave the snow and ice back home for a few months.

At the same time, local government, and those residents who had money and influence, were building up downtown, including the waterfront park system, Williams Park and other venues for relaxation and entertainment.

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