Rays will keep land by not ending stadium deal

The Tampa Bay Rays will not terminate plans to build a new stadium in downtown St. Petersburg, likely ensuring the team retains control over a $6.7 billion redevelopment project.

The Rays also agreed that previously approved agreements to build a new $1.37 billion ballpark remain valid in a letter sent Friday evening to Pinellas County Commission Chairperson Kathleen Peters. Peters recently asked the team to honor the long-negotiated deal or issue a formal termination notice by Dec. 1.

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New state program will help repair storm-damaged homes

Local leaders eagerly anticipate the launch of a new state program that would help residents left without habitable homes in the wake of Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

St. Petersburg needs all the outside help it can get after the back-to-back storms damaged roughly 16,000 homes. City Council members discussed the nascent initiative at a Nov. 21 committee meeting.

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