"We're upholding our part of the bargain," City Council Chair Deborah Figgs-Sanders said at a meeting earlier this month. "We said we were going to do this. We're doing it. Now what you got?"
"He is committed to this market. Rob Manfred is the reason I am voting yes on this today," said Pinellas County Commissioner Chris Latvala.
The proposal caps years of uncertainty about the Rays' future, including possible moves across the bay to Tampa, or to Nashville, Tennessee, or even to split home games between St. Petersburg and Montreal.
Under the stadium deal, the Rays commit to remain in St. Petersburg for another 30 years. But the Rays will play this season in Tampa at the New York Yankees' spring training site, Steinbrenner Field.
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