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Tropicana Field Redevelopment

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Just got an interesting email from St. Petersburg. I thought the Rays had the worst attendance in the league. Why in the world would the city build them a new stadium?!?

Anyways, thought it may interest some of you.

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From: The City of St. Petersburg
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 10:18 AM
To: moi
Subject: Notice of Intent to Issue a Development RFP

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City of St. Petersburg Economic Development Department

As a developer of note, we would like to inform you of a major redevelopment opportunity.

We are pleased to inform your firm of a "Notice of Intent to Issue a Development RFP" for an 86-acre assembled site located in downtown St. Petersburg.

The site is currently occupied by Tropicana Field, home of Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays. However, the Rays have submitted a plan to the City to construct a new ballpark at an alternative site, thereby and making the Tropicana Field site available for development as early as 2009.

It is anticipated that responses to the RFP will be due approximately 60 days after its issue date - estimated to be January 18, 2008. The site is adjacent to I-175 and I-275, with multiple interstate access points, and is located approximately one mile west of the St. Petersburg Tampa Bay waterfront.

For complete details, contact information, and maps of the 86-acres for development, please visit our Notice of Intent online at http://stpeteshines.stpete.org/default.aspx?pageid=877

City of St. Petersburg
Economic Development Department
P.O. Box 2842
St. Petersburg, FL 33731
800-874-9026 (toll free)
727-893-7100 (phone)
727-892-5465 (fax)
www.stpeteshines.com

RFP Site
So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts

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    << <i>Why in the world would the city build them a new stadium?!? >>



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    lawnmowermanlawnmowerman Posts: 19,477 ✭✭✭✭
    Wow that's great!

    That's all we need is another stadium that nobody will go to funded by our tax money.

    It would be alot cheaper to just send the team to Canada or possibly Tibet. I hear they want a team.
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    The politicians all want a new stadium
    But the local taxpayers are 90% against it
    It don't look good
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    they should combine the two Florida teams into one decent team, then they rustle up the 12 fans who follow them and charge them crazy money to attend the games.
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    Bottom9thBottom9th Posts: 2,695 ✭✭
    Sadly the only time the Rays draw anyone is when the Sox or Yankees are in town. The funny thing is very little parking where the proposed stadium is going to go. I guess if they don't draw it won't matter, huh?
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