If funding were approved, St. Petersburg residents would have been on the hook for a new stadium for one of baseball’s least attended teams.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — The Tampa Bay Rays may be saying farewell to Pinellas County. Team President Brian Auld sees no path for a new ballpark in St. Petersburg, Florida. “We need to establish that no, there is not (a deal). We can’t make the ...

As the debate over a new stadium heats up, the commissioner says the league will allow time for area leaders to sort things out.

FOX 13's Evan Axelbank reports on how the Rays deal with Pinellas County to fix Tropicana Field's roof and how the new stadium being off affects their future in the Tampa Bay region.

Tampa area politicians will be given time to sort out the Rays' ballpark situation following Hurricane Milton, and baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said there has been no thought to allowing the team to explore a relocation.

Before the Pinellas County Commission punted on finalizing bonds for a new $1.3 billion stadium again on Tuesday, the Tampa Bay Rays wrote a letter saying the deal approved this summer no longer works financially for the team.

The St. Petersburg City Council was on board and residents seemed to be too, given their overwhelming re-election of Council Chair Deborah Figgs-Sanders, a key Welch ally and avowed Rays deal supporter. The Pinellas County Commission gave its thumbs up too, with a vote on a bond resolution a mere formality to take place in late October.