{"id":429493,"date":"2025-11-13T04:37:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T04:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/429493\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T04:37:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T04:37:14","slug":"rays-return-to-tropicana-field-amid-upgrades-ahead-of-2026-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/429493\/","title":{"rendered":"Rays return to Tropicana Field amid upgrades ahead of 2026 season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. PETE, Fla. \u2014 The Tampa Bay Rays announced it will <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay28.com\/news\/region-pinellas\/st-pete-residents-react-to-6-8b-development-plan-for-tropicana-field-and-gas-plant-district\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">return to Tropicana Field<\/a> for the 2026 season, featuring enhanced seating options, lower ticket prices in most sections, and refreshed stadium features.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay28.com\/news\/region-pinellas\/city-of-st-pete-provides-update-on-tropicana-field-repairs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Upgrades include an expanded main videoboard, new foul pole displays, a modern sound system, and redesigned suites<\/a> to improve fan experience. More than two-thirds of seats will cost about 15% less compared to 2024, with $10 tickets available for all home games.<\/p>\n<p>Fans can explore upgraded premium seating at the Rays Premium Preview Center across from Tropicana Field, which offers a replica seat and virtual tours.<\/p>\n<p>Single-game tickets go on sale Nov. 13 at 2 p.m. through the MLB Ballpark app and RaysBaseball.com. Opening Day will take place on April 6 against the Chicago Cubs, followed by a home series with the New York Yankees from April 10-12.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 schedule features high-profile matchups, including home series against the Red Sox, Padres, Mets, and a special celebration of Evan Longoria\u2019s career during the July Mariners series.<\/p>\n<p>Weeknight games will start at 6:40 p.m., Fridays at 7:10 p.m., and Sundays at 1:40 p.m., with select weekday day games also on the calendar.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Trending_Video_TampaBay28.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>State report: Dementia patient left in freezer &#8217;20 to 30&#8242; minutes after employee found him there alive<\/p>\n<p>William Eugene Ray, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay28.com\/news\/local-news\/i-team-investigates\/state-report-dementia-patient-left-in-freezer-20-to-30-minutes-after-employee-found-him-there-alive\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">who had dementia<\/a>, got out of bed and left his room just after 12:30 a.m. on Sept. 26.<\/p>\n<p>Patient left in freezer &#8217;20 to 30&#8242; minutes after employee found him: report<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. PETE, Fla. \u2014 The Tampa Bay Rays announced it will return to Tropicana Field for the 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2377],"tags":[40216,10117,5,19859,4,297,2550,20413,68,2551,2549,8607,10120],"class_list":{"0":"post-429493","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa-bay-rays","8":"tag-2026-season","9":"tag-abc-action-news","10":"tag-baseball","11":"tag-hillsborough-county","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-rays","14":"tag-tampa-bay","15":"tag-tampa-bay-local-news","16":"tag-tampa-bay-rays","17":"tag-tampabay","18":"tag-tampabayrays","19":"tag-tropicana-field","20":"tag-wfts"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115540541213362909","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}