Rays stadium plans receive first official approvals

In what is likely a bellwether for final agreement votes, the St. Petersburg City Council passed multiple measures related to the Historic Gas Plant District’s $6.5 billion redevelopment Thursday evening.

A $1.37 billion ballpark for the Tampa Bay Rays would anchor the generational project. Council members voted 5-3 to extend an area funding mechanism, increase zoning allowances and establish new land use agreements.

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St. Pete Pier’s Echelman net sculpture comes partially loose

Workers at the St. Pete Pier arrived Thursday morning to find a section of artist Janet Echelman’s $1.5 million suspended net sculpture sagging.

Public access to the greenspace underneath “Bending Arc,” which rises 72 feet above the ground, has been temporarily closed off.

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