Rays, government partners express stadium deal optimism

Tampa Bay Rays executives now believe they have the votes needed to advance previously approved plans for a new $1.37 billion stadium. Pinellas County Commission Chairperson Kathleen Peters subsequently expressed similar optimism.

The commission will consider approving a financing mechanism for its contribution to the ballpark, for a third time, Dec. 17. Despite the long-negotiated agreements seemingly rising from a fresh grave, financial obstacles remain.

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Catalyze 2025: John Graydon Smith (MOSI)

We’re asking thought leaders, business people and creatives to talk about the upcoming year and give us catalyzing ideas for making Tampa Bay a better place to live. What should our city look like? What are their hopes, their plans, their problem-solving ideas? This is Catalyze 2025.

Tampa’s nonprofit Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI), a center of science and natural history education for young people established in 1982, began to suffer precipitous financial setbacks a decade ago. The largest science naturally expanded and modernized over the years - but more than 80 percent of the exhibits were closed in 2017, as a money-saving measure, as well as the once state-of-the-art IMAX theater on the campus.