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Rick Kriseman sends new Rays deal to City Council

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St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman has provided City Council an updated Memorandum of Understanding with the Tampa Bay Rays that meant to allow the team to explore new stadium opportunities in Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties. The new agreement addresses a concern brought up in the December meeting last year in which council rejected 5-3 the Mayor’s previous MOU. Council member Karl Nurse pointed out that should the Rays decide to leave Tropicana Field and/or St. Pete, they would still be…

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Report: Rick Kriseman to deliver new Rays agreement to City Council Friday

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Mayor Rick Kriseman may be one step closer to getting his way when it comes to reaching a deal with the Tampa Bay Rays to let them start looking for stadium sites outside St. Pete. The Tampa Bay Times is reporting that Kriseman will deliver results of his latest negotiations with the Major League Baseball team on Friday. According to that report, Kriseman’s Chief of Staff, Kevin King, said the new agreement addresses concerns about development rights should the Rays break…

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Don’t forget, the Pier isn’t the only major issue facing St. Pete

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The city, well, alright, the media, has been far too preoccupied with what’s happening with the city’s pier and seems to have forgotten that there’s a looming issue still plaguing the mayor’s office. When will there be a new deal reached between the mayor and the Tampa Bay Rays to allow the Major League Baseball franchise to look outside the city for a possible new stadium site? The Rays’ home opener is Monday, April 6. St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman…

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Rick Kriseman plans to build new baseball stadium at Walter Fuller Park

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St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman announced plans to expand one of the baseball fields at Walter Fuller Park into a small stadium used for International Baseball games and college games. The new stadium is intended to attract increased baseball-related events to the area. “We believe that quality international and college baseball can serve as an economic driver for West St. Petersburg,” Kriseman said. Kriseman plans to ask the county’s Tourist Development Council to fund the project using existing bed tax…

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Rays wish to expand search for new ballpark

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Following a meeting with St. Petersburg Mayor Bill Foster, Rays principal owner Stuart Sternberg said Monday that the team wants to explore all potential new ballpark options within the Tampa Bay area, including those outside St. Petersburg and Tampa. “The future of Major League Baseball in Tampa Bay depends on finding the optimal site for a new ballpark,” Sternberg said. “It is my conviction that if baseball is to survive and flourish in Tampa Bay for the long-term, we must…

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5 things I think I think about today’s St. Petersburg Times

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I’m sure I am in the minority, but I’m just not a fan of the otherwise affable Ernest Hooper (I wince every time I read his closing sentence — “That’s all I am saying”).  His contention that “nothing good happens after 2 a.m.” as a criticism of the City of St. Petersburg’s recent decision to change “last call” to 3 a.m. is just silly.  Most of the great American cities have a “later last call” and a vibrant night life…

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5 things I think I think about today’s St. Petersburg Times

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I’m sure I am in the minority, but I’m just not a fan of the otherwise affable Ernest Hooper (I wince every time I read his closing sentence — “That’s all I am saying”).  His contention that “nothing good happens after 2 a.m.” as a criticism of the City of St. Petersburg’s recent decision to change “last call” to 3 a.m. is just silly.  Most of the great American cities have a “later last call” and a vibrant night life…

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