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The 2025 Tampa Bay Rays season will be the 28th season of the Tampa Bay Rays franchise and their 18th as the Rays. The Rays will play their home games at George M. Steinbrenner Field, as a temporary home due to Hurricane Milton's damage to Tropicana Field, as members of Major League Baseball's American League East Division.
The Rays will share the park – which has a capacity of around 11,000 – with the Tampa Tarpons , the Yankees' Class-A minor league affiliate during the 2025 season.
Opening Day in North America is then planned for March 27 except for the Colorado Rockies and the Tampa Bay Rays, which was rescheduled to March 28 due to works at the Rays' temporary ground Steinbrenner Field. [1] The 95th All-Star Game will be played on July 15, hosted by the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park in Cumberland, Georgia.
The U.S. 7th Fleet Band and U.S. Army Japan Band perform during the MLB Japan Opening Series 2008. Major League Baseball (MLB) has played multiple regular season games outside of the United States and Canada where all MLB teams are currently or historically based. [1] Beginning with the 2023 season, these games are branded as MLB World Tour. [2]
The Rays needed a home for the 2025 season after a survey of Tropicana Field post-Hurricane Milton found that while the stadium remained structurally sound, the cost of repairs would total $55.7 ...
So, where would the Rays go if the Trop isn't ready on opening day of 2025? Suggestions have included local-area spring training sites used by the Phillies, Blue Jays, Yankees, Pirates and Tigers. A bit further away is the Rays’ own spring training complex in Port Charlotte, about 85 miles (136 kilometers) south of St. Petersburg.
In 2008, Barack Obama held a campaign rally at the ballpark with members of the Tampa Bay Rays, including David Price, who introduced him to the crowd. [24] In 2010, the ballpark was the home pitch for FC Tampa Bay of the USSF Division 2 Professional League. The club moved across Tampa Bay to Al Lang Field in St. Petersburg for the 2011 season.
The Tampa Bay area has a long association with amateur and professional baseball. Tampa and St. Petersburg were among the first hosts of Major League Baseball spring training in the 1910s, the Tampa Smokers and St. Petersburg Saints were two of the founding members of the minor league Florida State League (FSL) in 1919, and several other communities in the area also hosted FSL teams in the ...