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Tropicana Field (nicknamed "The Trop") is a domed multipurpose stadium located in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. "The Trop" has been the home of the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB) since the team's inaugural season in 1998.
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2025 MLB season changes: . Oakland Athletics relocate to West Sacramento, California and rename as the "Athletics".; Tampa Bay Rays temporarily leave Tropicana Field for the Yankees' Spring Training stadium, George M. Steinbrenner Field for the 2025 season due to the damage to the former by Hurricane Milton
If elite, professional sport venues are to be built using public funding, in whole or in part, they need to provide other forms of value for area residents beyond their purported economic impact.
Tropicana Field is already scheduled to be demolished when a new, $1.3 billion ballpark is finished in time for the 2028 season. With unforeseen costs to the city and Pinellas County from two hurricanes — vast amounts of debris removal, damage to parks and infrastructure — two of the main financial sources for the new ballpark could ...
Ahead of Milton's arrival, Tropicana Field had been transformed into a staging site for first responders, according to local TV station WESH, with the facility set up to host 10,000 people, per ESPN.
“Tropicana Field is a routine staging area for these things,” DeSantis said Thursday. The stadium’s roof is built to withstand winds of up to 115 mph , according to the Rays’ media guide.
They are ordered by capacity; which is the maximum number of spectators the stadium can accommodate in a normal game (ex: Tropicana Field can be expanded to 42,000+ but is normally capped at 25,000). Currently all baseball parks with a capacity of 20,000 or more are included.