The Tampa Bay Rays have confirmed their return to Tropicana Discipline subsequent season in St. Petersburg, Fla.
The Rays performed their dwelling video games at Steinbrenner Discipline in Tampa in 2025 as a result of damages attributable to Hurricane Milton in October 2024.
“We’re excited to return dwelling to Tropicana Discipline in April and to as soon as once more be part of our followers and neighboring companies in downtown St. Petersburg in celebrating the return of Rays baseball,” group CEO Ken Babby mentioned in an announcement on Thursday.
The group made a number of upgrades to the 25,000-seat stadium that opened in 1990, together with an expanded principal videoboard, new video shows behind dwelling plate and alongside each foul poles, a brand new sound system and refreshed suite interiors.
The Rays have been 41-40 at Steinbrenner Discipline, the spring coaching dwelling for the New York Yankees. They offered out 61 video games and drew a complete of 786,750 followers. Tampa Bay completed 77-85 general.
Enjoying in an open-air stadium as an alternative of the domed Tropicana Discipline led to some climate points. The Rays skilled 17 rain delays over 16 video games totaling almost 18 hours.
Hurricane Milton left the Tropicana Discipline roof in tatters. The town of St. Petersburg spent $22.5 million to put in a brand new Teflon-coated fiberglass roof. Preliminary estimates for the overall price of repairs and renovations have been north of $50 million.
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