Tampa Bay Rays New Home (living, nightlife, things to do)

[MAniacTHW]

Originally Posted by BucFan

Ybor is getting some new Vape, Tat, and Consignment shops, didn't you hear?

Joking, of course.....

He actually looks to be working on the area a little further out than the main strip. Not exactly towards the warehouses, but on the other side headed towards Columbus.

[bobandsherry]

Originally Posted by MAniacTHW

If only someone agreed with you...

Darryl Shaw is quiet, humble - and $63 million later, Ybor's big new player | Tampa Bay Times

The article indicates that purchases have been more of vacant land and nothing indicated as development and improvements. Unless I'm not understanding the details, it seems more like speculation, with buy low and hope to sell high. Or maybe that's what you are alluding to as well.

[BucFan]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...ium/104899542/Manfred says Tampa Bay must pick up pace on new stadium

[BucFan]

Romano says....Ybor City site represents is the best of what's left.....since Amalie, Convention Center, Aquarium have already claimed stake to the best site.....

Romano: Everything you need to know about the Rays and Ybor City | Tampa Bay Times

[MAniacTHW]

Originally Posted by BucFan

Romano says....Ybor City site represents is the best of what's left.....since Amalie, Convention Center, Aquarium have already claimed stake to the best site.....

Romano: Everything you need to know about the Rays and Ybor City | Tampa Bay Times

Ken Hagan put out a plan to move the HCSO office down there and buy the land for a baseball stadium. Not clear if that's where he intends the stadium to go or if that's planned partking, etc. The problem still remains: The roads can't handle that traffic. Also keep in mind that Ybor has started making roads narrower as to create less traffic. Unless they put a stadium on the edge (as the article is stating), the roads of Ybor wont hold up and traffic will easily become the worst in the state of Florida.

[mrviking]

Rays need to stay in St Pete and let them be that city's money pit. Location is not the problem if the JV soccer team has no problem getting fans in the stands downtown and is in the top ten in league attendance. Hillsborough has better things to spend money on besides a sport that nobody wants to pay money on in Tampa Bay.

[City Guy997S]

Originally Posted by mrviking

Rays need to stay in St Pete and let them be that city's money pit. Location is not the problem if the JV soccer team has no problem getting fans in the stands downtown and is in the top ten in league attendance. Hillsborough has better things to spend money on besides a sport that nobody wants to pay money on in Tampa Bay.

Originally Posted by sithlord72

I'd personally like them to relocate out of Florida? Who is paying for this stadium for a team no one goes to see ?

I like MLB but the local city/state govts should NOT be contributing tax dollars to finance the multi-millionaire owners businesses.

Loria is getting 1.2 billion from the sale of the Marlins (I think he bought the franchise for about 180 million) and Dade county gave him millions for the new stadium (ugly beast of a place in a terrible neighborhood) and the stadium is 1/2 full like a Rays game.

I think the Rays stadium is adequate for the team that they are. I have been there several times and will be there next month. If the team did move to Tampa it surely would drag in a few more fans from the Orlando area but if the team can't afford to move without govt money then oh well.

[mrviking]

Originally Posted by City Guy997S

I like MLB but the local city/state govts should NOT be contributing tax dollars to finance the multi-millionaire owners businesses.

Loria is getting 1.2 billion from the sale of the Marlins (I think he bought the franchise for about 180 million) and Dade county gave him millions for the new stadium (ugly beast of a place in a terrible neighborhood) and the stadium is 1/2 full like a Rays game.

I think the Rays stadium is adequate for the team that they are. I have been there several times and will be there next month. If the team did move to Tampa it surely would drag in a few more fans from the Orlando area but if the team can't afford to move without govt money then oh well.

Since the Rays first became a Team in the league, the population has increased over 28%! They still can't find more fans then a Team playing Hockey in Florida! A sport many said would fail in Florida. They have a level II soccer team the draws half what the rays do to a game downtown. If your a baseball fan god bless you. People in the Tampa Bay Area seem to want to spend their entertainment dollars elsewhere it seems. Its bad enough Hillsborough wants to build a light rail that nobody will use and tax payers will be on the hook for. We don't need a baseball team with its hand out as well.

[City Guy997S]

Originally Posted by mrviking

Since the Rays first became a Team in the league, the population has increased over 28%! They still can't find more fans then a Team playing Hockey in Florida! A sport many said would fail in Florida. They have a level II soccer team the draws half what the rays do to a game downtown. If your a baseball fan god bless you. People in the Tampa Bay Area seem to want to spend their entertainment dollars elsewhere it seems. Its bad enough Hillsborough wants to build a light rail that nobody will use and tax payers will be on the hook for. We don't need a baseball team with its hand out as well.

I wish I liked hockey better.....my sister lives in a condo in Channelside.....I could walk to the hockey arena from her place!

[mrviking]

I love football but I voted against funding for the bucs everytime It came to a vote.