Orlando Magic’s co-founder hopes to lure Tampa Bay Rays with $1.7 billion stadium
May 9, 2023
Orlando Magic’s co-founder hopes to lure Tampa Bay Rays with $1.7 billion stadium
32 comments
No thanks
Hate the name
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That names *screams* “Baseball team that the protagonists new love interest once played for before his knee went out” in a Hallmark movie. So does the logo.
But I have to admit that the ballpark itself looks pretty fantastic.
Absolutely disgusting, just like everything else in that awful city
I refuse to be a “Dreamers” fan, and I don’t like Orlando. Please no.
Love the idea of getting a nice stadium but don’t love the idea of changing the name. Also which has more population orlando area or Tampa Bay Area? Would be interesting to see if Orlando embraces a baseball team or not
Just give the Rays the stadium in Ybor & move the Marlins franchise to Orlando. As an Orlando Native, we have pretty horrible attendance in Soccer and Basketball…not sure we really deserve it.
DREAMERS LOL maybe Mickey Mouse can be our mascot too
As an Orlandoan, I’d be stoked, it seems from the interviews that the “dreamers” name would be just for an expansion team, not if the rays moved.
The Trop is just fine, thanks anyway
I hate the city of Orlando and would become a braves fan if this happened
I-drive – Where dreams go to die!
Dumb team name in a trash city for a vanity project in a part of the state that needs to be given back to nature.
As an Orlando resident I would 100% buy season tickets, but I really doubt we could fill up a 45k seat stadium regularly either. At least they selected a site on I-Drive instead of Downtown. Tourist appeal goes way up right next to SeaWorld & the convention center.
Interesting that the article states his plan is to gather 2% of the 80M tourists that visit Orlando each year. Doesn’t cite any actual resident statistics.
Since Orlando is dealing with the same issues as Tampa Bay (Transportation, Affordable Housing), I don’t see the appetite for close to $1B in public funds.
And people complain about getting into St. Pete. Going to Orlando from the Tampa area is TORTURE.
F U C K. That.
Bro everyone in Orlando is not going to a game after work. If you think 275 is bad, I4 is worse.
Guys they aren’t saying the name of the team will be the dreamers. That’s the name of the group that was brought together to devise this wildly poor attempt at luring a baseball team.
Please no
Why Can’t they try and steal the marlin’s? Why is it always the Rays. They have worse attendance figures than us, they haven’t been relevant since 2003, and their stadium is pretty terrible.
Williams expects Stewie to pick up the other $700 million? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
In all honesty I can still root for the Rays if Orlando ends up being the spot but I am speaking for myself. That said, where is the funding coming from? I’m sure Pat Williams isn’t poor but stadiums and teams are definitely more expensive than they were when he got the Magic back in the day. I’m just skeptical of the plan, especially when it seems like the Rays are getting a good deal with the Trop redevelopment site. (Of course I’m pro moving them to Tampa proper but I’m a realist first.) In the end I can take them staying in the I-4 corridor over them moving out of state or even out of country though.
I’d rather Orlando than fucking Canada that’s for sure
This thread is hilarious. The Rays have attendance issues and people are here shitting on Orlando fans like they aren’t a contributing factor to butts in seats. Don’t want the team to move, cool. Don’t trash the area where a decent amount of your fans come from.
so they want the rays to move to a smaller metro, with more people working in service jobs with hours that make attending a game tough, that’s somehow even more sprawling than the tampa bay area, and close enough not to really bring in new fans but far enough to alienate old timers? lmao
no disrespect to orlando pals, great town, but its absolutely not the move
>Williams’ plan includes a significant amount of public funding to sweeten the deal
This shit has got to stop.
St. Pete might be the best city in Florida but I think at this point it’s clear an MLB team can’t be supported there. Ybor would be the ideal, especially since it’s much closer to one of the most visited cities in the world, but Tampa doesn’t seem willing to build a ballpark.
I personally like this idea because downtown Orlando is becoming more of a destination. The Magic have plans for a major hotel/entertainment area. So it’s going to look very different in ten years. Orlando is one of the most visited cities in the world, and tourists always need indoor entertainment in the summer months. There’s already a lot of Rays fans in Orlando. So the base is there.
Maybe somehow Brightline could be looped in here, I don’t know.
Dumb name, logo, location, and idea.
The stadium concept does look cool though.
Remember this from a few years ago? It still isn’t happening!
Hate the name and the colors rays are better and so are their colors
32 comments
No thanks
Hate the name
[deleted]
That names *screams* “Baseball team that the protagonists new love interest once played for before his knee went out” in a Hallmark movie. So does the logo.
But I have to admit that the ballpark itself looks pretty fantastic.
Absolutely disgusting, just like everything else in that awful city
I refuse to be a “Dreamers” fan, and I don’t like Orlando. Please no.
Love the idea of getting a nice stadium but don’t love the idea of changing the name. Also which has more population orlando area or Tampa Bay Area? Would be interesting to see if Orlando embraces a baseball team or not
Just give the Rays the stadium in Ybor & move the Marlins franchise to Orlando. As an Orlando Native, we have pretty horrible attendance in Soccer and Basketball…not sure we really deserve it.
DREAMERS LOL maybe Mickey Mouse can be our mascot too
As an Orlandoan, I’d be stoked, it seems from the interviews that the “dreamers” name would be just for an expansion team, not if the rays moved.
The Trop is just fine, thanks anyway
I hate the city of Orlando and would become a braves fan if this happened
I-drive – Where dreams go to die!
Dumb team name in a trash city for a vanity project in a part of the state that needs to be given back to nature.
As an Orlando resident I would 100% buy season tickets, but I really doubt we could fill up a 45k seat stadium regularly either. At least they selected a site on I-Drive instead of Downtown. Tourist appeal goes way up right next to SeaWorld & the convention center.
Interesting that the article states his plan is to gather 2% of the 80M tourists that visit Orlando each year. Doesn’t cite any actual resident statistics.
Since Orlando is dealing with the same issues as Tampa Bay (Transportation, Affordable Housing), I don’t see the appetite for close to $1B in public funds.
And people complain about getting into St. Pete. Going to Orlando from the Tampa area is TORTURE.
F U C K. That.
Bro everyone in Orlando is not going to a game after work. If you think 275 is bad, I4 is worse.
Guys they aren’t saying the name of the team will be the dreamers. That’s the name of the group that was brought together to devise this wildly poor attempt at luring a baseball team.
Please no
Why Can’t they try and steal the marlin’s? Why is it always the Rays. They have worse attendance figures than us, they haven’t been relevant since 2003, and their stadium is pretty terrible.
Williams expects Stewie to pick up the other $700 million? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
In all honesty I can still root for the Rays if Orlando ends up being the spot but I am speaking for myself. That said, where is the funding coming from? I’m sure Pat Williams isn’t poor but stadiums and teams are definitely more expensive than they were when he got the Magic back in the day. I’m just skeptical of the plan, especially when it seems like the Rays are getting a good deal with the Trop redevelopment site. (Of course I’m pro moving them to Tampa proper but I’m a realist first.) In the end I can take them staying in the I-4 corridor over them moving out of state or even out of country though.
I’d rather Orlando than fucking Canada that’s for sure
This thread is hilarious. The Rays have attendance issues and people are here shitting on Orlando fans like they aren’t a contributing factor to butts in seats. Don’t want the team to move, cool. Don’t trash the area where a decent amount of your fans come from.
so they want the rays to move to a smaller metro, with more people working in service jobs with hours that make attending a game tough, that’s somehow even more sprawling than the tampa bay area, and close enough not to really bring in new fans but far enough to alienate old timers? lmao
no disrespect to orlando pals, great town, but its absolutely not the move
>Williams’ plan includes a significant amount of public funding to sweeten the deal
This shit has got to stop.
St. Pete might be the best city in Florida but I think at this point it’s clear an MLB team can’t be supported there. Ybor would be the ideal, especially since it’s much closer to one of the most visited cities in the world, but Tampa doesn’t seem willing to build a ballpark.
I personally like this idea because downtown Orlando is becoming more of a destination. The Magic have plans for a major hotel/entertainment area. So it’s going to look very different in ten years. Orlando is one of the most visited cities in the world, and tourists always need indoor entertainment in the summer months. There’s already a lot of Rays fans in Orlando. So the base is there.
Maybe somehow Brightline could be looped in here, I don’t know.
Dumb name, logo, location, and idea.
The stadium concept does look cool though.
Remember this from a few years ago? It still isn’t happening!
Hate the name and the colors rays are better and so are their colors