State Backs $50 Million As Part of Rays Stadium Deal

By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida

State budget negotiators agreed late Friday to set aside $50 million to pay for building upgrades at a Tampa college as part of a deal for a new stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays.

But Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Ed Hooper said the funding, which would pay for Hillsborough College buildings, isn’t set until the funding agreements between the team and local governments are finalized…

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