Tampa Stadium TENSION between Rays & Buccaneers?

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1. The Bucs have the worst owners in sports. Greedy, greedy, greedy. Not a surprise.

2. Brodie you hit it on the head… They’re waiting to see what the Rays offer is, just so they (the Bucs) can ask for more.

3. The traffic is always slow on Dale Mabry. Adding another stadium can only make it worse. There's also no mass transit in Tampa other than a bus system that isn't that great.

4. I’m sure they’ll build a massive parking garage somewhere in the area

5. I’m sure they’ll build a massive parking garage somewhere in the area

6. I swear Brodie your going to become a Tampa resident by proxy by you learning so much about the geography and road maps 😂

7. How does Steinbrenner Field and the New York Yankees play into all of this? There are three multi million dollar sports entities at play here, not just two.

8. You are reading way way way too much in one "positive" line. They even said, "they are looking forward to"… I guarantee there was a call to the Bucs giving them a basic idea of plans. And now the Bucs are looking forward to see what is next. And if the Bucs also build a "village", the Rays would lo e that!!!!!!! That makes the area " more" of a "go to" place!!!

9. Waste of money !!

10. Do the Bucs even have the power to block a deal in my opinion the Rays seem further ahead in stadium plans especially with the college board approving it now obviously there’s a long way to go and this is far from a done deal but it’s a good start, the Bucs haven’t even announced renovations yet I’m sure they will at some point because the lease expires in 2028 but let’s just wait and see what happens, do the Bucs even have the power to block a deal? No

11. Screw the Bucs. Their owners are cheapskates that got lucky with brady

12. Everyone benefits from this I don't get why the Bucs would be against a Stadium Village Bucs Yankees Rays Marketing people butts in the seats!

13. I think that the Bucks will get some money to improve their parking. As well as to add mix use, to make a large stadium district.

14. Worth noting that the Lightning also just got a nice chunk of change from the county so the Bucs and Rays will almost certainly use that to try to get some handouts as well. Not sure this becomes an issue, but it could.

15. Not just a Bucs issue. https://youtu.be/UbjHptbAYnc?si=CaobKiSMpresI5oA

16. A "mixed use" district doesn't work for football the same way it works for baseball. Baseball has almost 10x the number of event days per year. The "ballpark district" doesn't work when there are less than 20 event days per year. And when USF moves to their own stadium, there will be even fewer events at the football stadium.

17. Bordie spokes person for Tampa Bay Rays… 🙂

18. Bucs 10 game days a year. Rays would have 81 games a year. Bucs sound like cry babies. Stephen Ross used his own money to pay for the Hard Rock upgrades. Jacksonville is getting 1.4 billion in public funds for a stadium upgrade, but they are the only game in town.

19. No mention of the Lightning getting $250 million yesterday? The Bucs should move to St Pete

20. There is absolutely nothing to fight about over this. In fact, these two teams, put together, are the financial equivalent of a nuclear bullet. The Hills. College campus is a redo. The north side of RayJay is a greenfield parking sewer. They can build a whole new city out there. And the magic is in the shared parking. Here are the numbers. Go ahead gang. Roll your eyes, and tell me I'm wrong…RayJay capacity 70,000. (For both teams I'll use a parking multiplier of .4 cars per fan – which I believe is very conservative for Florida.) That'll be 28,000 paid parking per sellout. Let's use a figure of $25 per car. $252,000 parking revenue per game. 9 NFL game days. That's $6,300,000 parking revenue per season. Times 30 years over revenue bond amortization = $189,000,000. Now let's assume the Rays' new ballpark comes in at a capacity of 35,000. 14,000 paid parking per sellout. $25 per car. $350,000 parking revenue per game. 81 MLB game days. $28,350,000 parking revenue per season. Times 30 years amortization = $850,500,000. Combined, that's $1,039,500,000 parking revenue over 30 years. That's BEFORE either team sells a ticket, a hot dog, a beer, seat license, or merch. And this isn't even counting student parking, for which I am sure semester parking fees will be paid, OR, the spring training Yankees fans get factored in…And all of this BEFORE you add all of the value added retail and office space, hotels, and other rent producing income that's sure to be a part of it all…I am usually one of THE biggest skeptics of these "sports villages", e.g., I think the Chiefs KCK plan is garbage. But the synergies in Tampa, with combined infrastructure, joint powers development, and the 27th largest airport by pax traffic in the US right next door, adds up to a slam dunk…Is there risk involved? As far as I'm concerned, anything associated with MLB is a HUGE risk, but if one assumes that the current paradigms hold, it's as good of a risk that you can come by…Even if you cut my parking numbers by half as a hedge against the teams sucking and not selling out, that is still a pretty good buffer…

21. You are forgetting the minor league ballpark on the northeast end above them

22. No way they are going to build a stadium in less than 3 years. Building in Florida goes at a snails pace.

23. These sports teams have to stop asking for public funding. Why the hell should we be paying to increase the value of their asset.

24. There's already a ballpark directly above the college. Why couldn't they just upgrade its capacity.

25. How about this as a resolution to the funding issue. No public funding for any sports team. None, zero.

26. Socialism for billionaires. Disgusting.

27. Another thing to consider, if the elimination of property taxes for homesteaded property passes in November, local governments won’t have near as much money to throw around.

28. I live 15 mins north of Ray Jay and this would be big for creating a sports and entertainment district for the area. WORK TOGETHER!

29. “Baseball stadium next to a football stadium doesn’t happen that often?” Baltimore, Kansas City, Philly, Seattle and Detroit disagree.