{"id":671915,"date":"2026-04-09T21:03:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T21:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/671915\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T21:03:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T21:03:18","slug":"rays-tampa-set-june-1-deadline-for-29-ballpark-approvals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/671915\/","title":{"rendered":"Rays, Tampa set June 1 deadline for \u201829 ballpark approvals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-facilities \">A memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Rays, the city of Tampa and Hillsborough County has set a June 1 deadline for all sides to secure approvals that would allow for the franchise to build a $2.3B ballpark and privately-funded adjacent mixed-use development in time for the start of the 2029 season. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-facilities \">The projected budget for the $2.3B public-private partnership would feature a $1.235B (and overruns) contribution from the Rays and a maximum public contrition of $1.065B. The breakdown would be $750M from Hillsborough County, $251M from the city of Tampa and $64M from additional public funding sources. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-facilities \">The Rays would commit to a 35-year lease, with three five-year options that could bring it to 50 years, and a non-relocation agreement. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-facilities \">Before the project proceeds, the city council, county commission and CRA board must approve the final project agreement; MLB must approve the new ballpark and all project agreements; all public bonds must be validated; and all legal processes and governmental processes must be met. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-facilities \">The Tampa Bay Times reported Sunday that Hillsborough County voters favor a new ballpark in Tampa, but oppose using sales tax money to help build it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Rays, the city of Tampa and Hillsborough County has set a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":556405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2377],"tags":[5,4,297,2550,68,2551,2549],"class_list":{"0":"post-671915","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa-bay-rays","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-mlb","10":"tag-rays","11":"tag-tampa-bay","12":"tag-tampa-bay-rays","13":"tag-tampabay","14":"tag-tampabayrays"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116376777784552661","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671915","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=671915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}