"The numbers don't work. It's not worth $350 million of public money to have half the baseball games in a 'boutique stadium,' we're not going to do it."
Despite support from a small handful of local rich guys and the Tampa Bay Times editorial board, not everyone is onboard with spending millions in tax dollars on a new Rays stadium, especially one that's designed to sit empty for half a season. In response to what he says is a "total scheme," local podcaster and former WDAE radio host J. P. Peterson is planning a "Save Our Rays Full Season" rally in Ybor this February to protest principal owner Stu Sternberg's "sister city" split-season plan calling for new stadiums in both Montreal and Tampa's Ybor City.…
"The numbers don't work. It's not worth $350 million of public money to have half the baseball games in a 'boutique stadium,' we're not going to do it."
Despite support from a small handful of local rich guys and the Tampa Bay Times editorial board, not everyone is onboard with spending millions in tax dollars on a new Rays stadium, especially one that's designed to sit empty for half a season. In response to what he says is a "total scheme," local podcaster and former WDAE radio host J. P. Peterson is planning a "Save Our Rays Full Season" rally in Ybor this February to protest principal owner Stu Sternberg's "sister city" split-season plan calling for new stadiums in both Montreal and Tampa's Ybor City.…