Baseball timesharing plan shut down
The idea of having the Tampa Bay Rays play half their matches in Montreal has been shut down by the mayor of St Petersburg in Florida, but some keeners are still holding out hope.
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Kevin 09:06 on 2019-12-05 Permalink
Addicts may be a better word
Faiz imam 11:45 on 2019-12-05 Permalink
Its less that its been shut down than it has been delayed till 2028.
That’s a good thing for opponents in that it means the boosters can’t have a few seasons at the BigO to pressure the city to help them shift the games to a new site.
And it allows the market for downtown residential to fill up and increase pressure to use that site for that purpose, or at least making the stadium option considerably more expensive.
But on the other hand, this now gives bronfman and other supporters 8 years to come up with a concrete plan.
The fact is that the Tampa bay rays are very likely gone from Tampa in 2028, that lease will not be renewed and there is little appetite to build a new stadium elsewhere in the city. Does that put Montreal in a good position? or worse? I don’t know, but I wouldn’t celebrate yet…