514:"It should be no secret that the city of St. Petersburg has been preparing for any and all scenarios when dealing with the Rays and Major League Baseball," Foster continued. "With the investment of hundreds of millions of dollars by the people of St. Petersburg and Pinellas, and with 16 years remaining on our contract, one would be naive to believe that the city did not have a detailed plan to ensure that the Rays remain in St. Petersburg, or that the interests of our residents were being represented in earnest without regard to outside pressure from those who desire to subordinate the city's interest to those of the Rays or region."
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November ballot and postponed the project indefinitely. On May 22, 2009, the team announced that they had abandoned all plans
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November 2008 ballot. Then, to allow the city to forgo paying property taxes on the site (a loophole in Florida laws allows county governments
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in August 2011: "At present, there is no plan by the city of St. Petersburg for the design and construction of a new baseball facility in
Pinellas County, and no such discussions have occurred with the Rays since my becoming mayor. The city and the Rays are contractually obligated to Tropicana Field
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was a proposed 35,000-seat baseball stadium that would have been built in
Carillon area, located in northern St. Petersburg, Florida. The stadium was proposed by CityScape in 2012 for the Tampa Bay Rays as a replacement for Tropicana Field. The stadium was also the second major proposal for a Rays
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Progress Energy President Jeff Lyash, will be evaluating alternate sites for the new ballpark in addition to the waterfront, and will be studying the team's fan base and corporate support. There is no publicly released timetable
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tourist development tax that was approved for
Tropicana Field, which was to be extended 25 to 30 years. $ 75 million was to be redirected from the money the city of St. Petersburg currently pays on the debt owed for construction of Tropicana Field, with those payments extended 25 to 30 years; the
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Carillon area. The Carillon location also had twice as many people within a 30-minute drive than either downtown St. Petersburg site, according to an internal report released by the Rays. Carillon Town Center would have provided
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to be filled in. By the time the stadium proposal was first made public, the landfill was reduced to 1.05 acres (4,200 m). In May 2008, the team revealed a new design calling for moving
Bayshore Drive to a bridge structure, reducing the landfill requirement to 0.4 acres (1,600 m).
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for a ballpark on the St. Petersburg waterfront, preferring a location nearer the center of
Pinellas County to the north. Rays senior vice president, Michael Kalt, said, "It's pretty clear people did not want a ballpark down there. From what we're seeing, we're probably in that camp, too."
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Rays ownership revealed the financing plan on May 16, 2008. Under this plan, in addition to the $ 150 million Stuart Sternberg was to provide, at least $ 70 million would have come from the sale of Tropicana Field. $ 100 million would have come from an extension of the one cent on the
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since at least the beginning of 2007. The main design point of the proposed stadium was the "Mast and Arch" retractable roof. Instead of a solid material sliding roof panel, the "roof" would have been a fabric covering stored inside the shade to the seating. It was to be deployed by a
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in April 2012. "I talked a lot to Stu Sternberg and he's talking to people. He and I have had many conversations, and we'll just monitor the situation. He's doing what he should do. He's there, he's talking to all parties trying to see what he can do." Selig's successor,
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and the new property taxes generated from that redevelopment were projected to generate $ 800 million in new revenue. However, on January 7, 2008, the Rays announced they would be "temporarily abandoning" plans for seeking the subsidy. Using public funds in
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was to contribute as much as $ 150 million or one third of the cost. The team had also planned to seek Florida's 30-year, $ 60 million sales tax rebate for new sports venues. They also planned to fund the new park through the sale of redevelopment rights to
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stadium since the Rays own waterfront ballpark proposal was abandoned in mid-2008. However the project was abandoned in mid-2015 after Cityscape announced the area would be used for a multi-use development area without the Rays stadium.
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debt on Tropicana Field would be assumed by the redevelopers, taking that burden off the city. The remaining $ 55 million would be from parking fee revenues, and guaranteed by Sternberg. Sternberg would pay any cost overruns.
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raising on a boat in the bay, or a circus tent being torn away by a stiff wind. The retractable-roof design would have been unique in baseball, looking like no ballpark built in this century or last.
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