It all started when Hurricane Milton did more than just tear the roof off Tropicana Field in Tampa Bay last October by triggering a chain of events, including the collapse of a promising stadium deal, which forced the team into a tiny minor league park for the 2025 season. Now, suddenly, the long-running whispers of a move down resurfaced.

The trouble began when a $1.3 billion stadium project in St. Petersburg fell apart because Sternberg couldn’t agree to a deal to build a new ballpark in the Tampa Bay Area. Sternberg stated, “After careful deliberation, we have concluded we cannot move forward with the new ballpark and development project at this moment. A series of events beginning in October that no one could have anticipated led to this difficult decision.” This all happened in Mar

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