The column by Richard Justice starts like this… It’s impossible not to admire how the Tampa Bay Rays are handling their stadium situation. OK. Not sure we agree. But OK, we will give Justice a shot to explain. They’ve said almost nothing publicly, taking the high road and letting the [...]
Getting out of the contract with the city of St. Pete is going to cost the Rays a lot of money. Remember, the Rays have a “use agreement” contract, not a lease. So it is more complicated than just “buying out” what is left. The city of St. Pete is [...]
Jeff Harrington of the Tampa Bay Times wrote an interesting column on Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik and the possibility that he might invest in the Channelside entertainment complex near the Tampa Bay Times forum. And in his column, Harrington brings up an old rumor with a new twist… [...]
Yesterday we discussed why we should be worried about the future of the Rays after the meeting between Stuart Sternberg and Mayor Bill Foster. Now we have a reason to be worried about Mayor Foster’s sanity. In an exclusive interview with BayNews9.com, Mayor Foster now thinks the Rays will stay [...]
Yesterday’s meeting between owner Stuart Sternberg and St. Pete Mayor Bill Foster was supposed to be a big moment in the progress towards a new stadium. While nobody expected any major developments, it was just good that the two sides finally decided to sit down and talk about the subject. [...]
Does Sternberg need to be more aggressive?
If you have been hanging around these parts for a while, you know that the model for this site is to tell you what the Rays have done, what they are doing and try to project what they will do based on what we have learned. Think of RI as [...]
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