{"id":661063,"date":"2026-04-03T16:18:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/661063\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T16:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:18:17","slug":"philadelphia-phillies-eye-205m-baycare-ballpark-overhaul-lease-extension-through-2047","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/661063\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Phillies eye $205M BayCare Ballpark overhaul, lease extension through 2047"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Phillies have \u201cplans to extend their lease\u201d at their spring training complex, BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Fla., through 2047 with over $200M in ballpark upgrades, according to Emma Behrmann of the TAMPA BAY BUSINESS JOURNAL. The overhaul of the ballpark — which has not been renovated since it was built in 2004 — would focus on \u201cexpanded concourses, new fan amenities and player training facilities, costing around\u201d $205M. A majority of county commissioners \u201cexpressed support for the use of tourist development tax dollars for the project.\u201d The county could contribute $80M, or more, in tourist development tax dollars, and the team would contribute $75M and cover cost overruns. There is also a state grant of $20M, which is paid back to the city of Clearwater at $1M per year. The city\u2019s contribution is \u201cto be determined at a later city council meeting.\u201d The existing agreement expires before the next spring training (TAMPA BAY BUSINESS JOURNAL, 4\/2<\/a>). In Tampa, Colbi Edmonds noted the $205M price tag is \u201ca drop\u201d from the $300M that officials floated in 2022. BayCare Ballpark is also home to the Phillies\u2019 Single-A affiliate, the Clearwater Threshers. The team is \u201cplanning a number of renovations,\u201d as part of the revamp, including \u201cLED lighting, new fan amenities and flood mitigation\u201d (TAMPA BAY TIMES, 4\/2<\/a>). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Phillies have \u201cplans to extend their lease\u201d at their spring training complex, BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Fla.,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2397],"tags":[5,4,144,25,4216,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-661063","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-phillies","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-mlb","10":"tag-philadelphia","11":"tag-philadelphia-phillies","12":"tag-philadelphiaphillies","13":"tag-phillies"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116341683315765757","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661063","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=661063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}