In 2024, Pinellas County’s visitors bureau received eight capital project funding requests totaling $67 million. Tourism officials approved allocating just $24.8 million to five area facilities...
Mayor Ken Welch has publicly acknowledged that fissures in a partnership with the Tampa Bay Rays may be too wide to mend. Welch’s relatively brief comments...
Mayor Ken Welch’s third annual State of the City address highlighted St. Petersburg’s resilience amid storms, economic challenges and opposition to equitable initiatives. The event began...
Mayor Ken Welch realizes it will take much more than reconnecting roads to mitigate the decades-old, systemic disenfranchisement of Black families and businesses in St. Petersburg....
While significant hurdles remain, a deal to build a new Tampa Bay Rays stadium in downtown St. Petersburg has seemingly risen from the dead. Pinellas County...
Pinellas County Commissioners want the Tampa Bay Rays to prove they completed several planning and funding requirements before authorizing a stadium bond sale. The team has...
A sold-out crowd heard Mayor Ken Welch discuss two topics Wednesday – recent hurricanes and the ongoing Tampa Bay Rays saga. Welch did not disappoint at...
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...
St. Petersburg will uphold its end of a deal – thought dead two weeks ago – to help fund a new Tampa Bay Rays stadium. The...
St. Petersburg officials will take another swing at approving their contribution toward a $6.7 billion redevelopment anchored by a new Tampa Bay Rays stadium Thursday afternoon....
