Under new ownership, the Rays have locked in on a site for a new stadium, and it’s back in Tampa. The move could finally end decades of uncertainty around the franchise.
The board of trustees for Hillsborough College in Tampa is set to hold a special meeting Tuesday afternoon for a ballpark proposal at the institution’s Dale Mabry Campus, located near Tampa International Airport, Raymond James Stadium, and George M. Steinbrenner Field, the spring training home of the Yankees.
The agenda for the meeting calls for a vote to enter a nonbinding memorandum of understanding with the Rays in which the club would use a portion of the Dale Mabry Campus land for a stadium and mixed-use development. The college said “the project as proposed would result in a major transformation of many aspects of the Dale Mabry Campus.”…