The Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners unanimously voted June 17 to move forward with negotiations on a proposed $70 million contract to build an indoor tournament field house on the Museum of Science & Industry campus in northeast Tampa.
MOSI is adjacent to the University of South Florida.
The 7-0 vote authorizes the Tampa Sports Authority to negotiate a final agreement with Suffolk Construction before the project returns to commissioners for final approval. If built, the 178,000-square-foot field house would become the centerpiece of a larger redevelopment planned for the county-owned property surrounding MOSI, which officials envision as an entertainment and tourism district…