St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch is doubling down on his plan to redevelop the Tropicana Field site. This comes despite a recent vote by the city council to delay the project.
The council says the mayor bypassed them on plans for the 84-acre Historic Gas Plant District, so they asked for a pause in the process.
During his State of the City address, Welch said the massive redevelopment has been planned and studied several times since the Tampa Bay Rays backed out of a proposal for a new stadium last year…