GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - The Tampa Bay Rays are now owned by a group of investors led by a University of Florida Board of Trustees member.

Major League Baseball owners voted unanimously on Monday to approve the sale of the team to the group headed by Patrick Zalupski.

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He is a real estate developer based in Jacksonville.

MLB’s commissioner expects the new group to start searching for a new ballpark for the Rays, whose stadium was damaged by Hurricane Milton last year.

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