Stadium proposal in St. Petersburg, Florida, US
Gas Plant Stadium
is a proposed indoor
ballpark
in
St. Petersburg, Florida
. If approved and constructed, it would serve as the home of the
Tampa Bay Rays
of
Major League Baseball
.
[1]
[2]
The construction cost is estimated to be $1.3 billion and the total cost to public will be $1.5 billion.
Proposal
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On September 19, 2023, the Rays announced plans to build a new stadium adjacent to their current stadium,
Tropicana Field
.
[3]
This proposal involves redeveloping the entire 86-acre site, with this new ballpark within that boundary and adjacent to the current ballpark, which will subsequently be demolished.
[4]
[5]
The construction is estimated at a cost of $1.3 billion, with the city of
St. Petersburg
and
Pinellas County
contributing $600 million through a bed tax (a six percent tax on accommodations on hotels and private homes rented for less than six months
[6]
), and the team contributing the rest. Factoring in the cash, tax breaks, and discounted land being offered to Rays, the public cost of the project will be $1.5 billion.
[7]
[8]
This will be a 30,000 seat fixed roof stadium and the surrounding ballpark village would also include 4,800 market-rate residences and 1,200 affordable and workforce housing units; about 600 of the latter would be located off-site. It would have 1.4 million square feet of office space, 750,000 square feet of retail space, a 100,000-square-foot conference center, and 750-room hotel, for a total of $6.5 billion. Unlike Tropicana Field, the stadium will feature operable walls and windows that can be opened on pleasant days or closed to ward off Florida’s summer heat, rain and humidity.
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[10]
The development site will encompass eight million sq ft of development, including: 48,000 residential units, 1,200 affordable/workforce unites, 1.4 million sq ft office/medical space, 750,000 sq ft of retail space, 750 hotel rooms, a 4,000 seat concert venue, 30,000 capacity ballpark, 100,000 sq ft conference/meeting space, 50,000 sq ft non-profit community space, 14 acres of parks/open space and 14,000 parking stalls.
[11]
On April 25, the development team released documents on the 65 acres of development surrounding the ballpark in advance of the May 9 city council meeting.
[12]
[13]
This is the latest proposal for a new
Tampa Bay Rays
stadium, in addition to the
Ybor Stadium
and
Rays Ballpark
.
References
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Berry, Adam (September 19, 2023).
"Rays announce deal for St. Petersburg ballpark"
.
MLB
.
MLB
. Retrieved
September 19,
2023
.
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"Historic Gas Plant District Development"
.
MLB
. September 19, 2023
. Retrieved
September 19,
2023
.
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Cridlin, Jay (September 19, 2023).
"Check out renderings of the Rays' new stadium in St. Petersburg"
.
Tampa Bay Times
.
Times Publishing Company
. Retrieved
September 19,
2023
.
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Snyder, Matt (September 19, 2023).
"Rays new stadium: Team announces plans for domed ballpark, surrounding 'village' in downtown St. Petersburg"
.
CBS
.
CBS
. Retrieved
September 19,
2023
.
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Berdychowski, Bernadette (September 22, 2023).
"How parking at Rays games could be affected during ballpark construction"
.
Tampa Bay Times
.
Times Publishing Company
. Retrieved
September 22,
2023
.
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"Pay Tourist Development Tax"
.
Pinellas County Government
. Retrieved
November 9,
2023
.
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Diner, Ron; Mullins, Tom (December 13, 2023).
"St. Petersburg's proposed Rays stadium deal is a strikeout for the city"
.
Tampa Bay Times
.
Times Publishing Company
. Retrieved
January 5,
2024
.
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Neil deMause (December 26, 2023).
"Rays stadium subsidy could top $1.5B counting tax and land breaks"
.
Field of Schemes
. Retrieved
January 5,
2023
.
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Cridlin, Jay (September 19, 2023).
"Here's what else is in the $6.5 billion Tropicana Field redevelopment"
.
Tampa Bay Times
.
Times Publishing Company
. Retrieved
September 19,
2023
.
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Berry, Adam (September 19, 2023).
"Rays announce deal for St. Petersburg ballpark"
.
MLB.com
.
MLB Advanced Media
. Retrieved
November 13,
2023
.
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"Historic Gas Plant District Development"
.
MLB.com
.
MLB Advanced Media
. Retrieved
February 23,
2024
.
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"The Rays' Gas Plant development agreement is ready. Here's what it says"
.
tampabay.com
.
Tampa Bay Times
. Retrieved
April 27,
2024
.
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"St. Petersburg city officials will finally get their say on a proposed Rays stadium"
.
wusf.org
.
WUSF
. Retrieved
May 8,
2024
.
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