Devil Rays getting a $450,000,000 stadium?

[XtennesseeX]

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This Rays' 'sailboat' stadium looks pretty cool - MLB Experts Blog - MLB - Yahoo! Sports

[d4ster3]

wow thats looks awesome..... Id take a road trip for that

[droski]

umm don't they draw like 10K a game currently? a doubt a new stadium will triple that or something.

[TennesseeFan07]

For real, a new stadium is the least of there worries

[McLovin]

I think they would draw better if they put that somewhere on the Tampa side of the bay.

[VOLinthaNATI]

Tampa Bay will win the American League East at least once in the next 5 years. Maybe that will help attendence.

[The Dude]

We've heard that for the last five years.

[VOLinthaNATI]

Originally Posted by The Dude

We've heard that for the last five years.

Ummm, not so much. They have the talent in place to do it only now.

[tvolsfan]

They should play at a little league field and add the money to their payroll.

[JTrainDavis]

Originally Posted by droski

umm don't they draw like 10K a game currently? a doubt a new stadium will triple that or something.

Thats what i was thinking. I don't know where the reasoning comes from that people won't go to a game because the stadium sucks or whatever. Look at Fenway, it's a freaking dump, but its sold out every game because of the product that the team puts on the field.

[volfanbill]

The proposed stadium looks sweet, and as for the new stadium worry, going broke on a new stadium has proved one of the best ways to get butts in the seats since the conception of modern sport. It's a far more proven method than actually winning games.

The only drawback is that it only gets butts in the seats for about 5 years. The city and team wind up paying for the stadium for 20-30 years.

[The Dude]

Originally Posted by VOLinthaATL

Ummm, not so much. They have the talent in place to do it only now.

I have heard about how "this year is their breakout year" for about 5 straight years now.

[pricevol5]

Tampa is a baseball hotbed, but it's also a town that will not support a loser. Once a team wins, the fans in the bay area become some of the most supportive in all of sports. The Rays(no more Devil in the name) are under new management and will continue, albeit slowly, to make strides in the coming years. If they can manage to win 70 games this year you will see a complete change in the culture of Tampa Bay baseball and the stadium will become a real possibility.

[Business]

Tampa Bay has some serious talent. Price is a future star barring injury. Upton is nasty. Evan Longoria, I saw this cat play in Durham. He can stroke, son.

I say that the Devil Rays will have a 3 to 4 year window in the next 10 to get in the playoffs, be that AL East championship or Wild Card.

[cd12]

maybe they can have steel cage night...when the yanks come to town!