{"id":703989,"date":"2026-05-20T13:09:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/703989\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T13:09:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:09:37","slug":"live-video-coverage-of-the-rays-stadium-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/703989\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Video Coverage of the Rays Stadium vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstalkflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/000-rays-hcc.webp\" data-caption=\"RAYS - HCC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"391\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sportstalkflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/000-rays-hcc-696x391.webp\"   alt=\"RAYS - HCC - rays\" title=\"000 rays-hcc\"\/><\/a>RAYS &#8211; HCC<\/p>\n<p>A major vote on the proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstalkflorida.com\/featured\/rays-stadium-votes-hillsborough-tampa-hcc-battery-model\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa Bay Rays stadium<\/a> takes place at 9 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstalkflorida.com\/mlb-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in Hillsborough County<\/a>. The decision shapes the future of the franchise and the long\u2011planned stadium village at the Hillsborough Community College site. Sports Talk Florida carries the full meeting live.<\/p>\n<p>Live video coverage on Sports Talk Florida<\/p>\n<p>Sports Talk Florida streams the vote from start to finish. Viewers can watch every comment, question, and motion in real time. The feed starts before the meeting begins.<a href=\"https:\/\/hcfl.gov\/government\/meeting-information\/hillsborough-television\/where-to-watch-htv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> The link sits click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>What commissioners will decide<\/p>\n<p>Commissioners will vote on whether to continue negotiations with the Rays and the HCC campus partners. The plan includes a new ballpark, mixed\u2011use development, and a long\u2011term commitment to the Tampa Bay side of the region. The Rays support the proposal and want a clear path forward.<\/p>\n<p>Why this vote matters today<\/p>\n<p>The Rays lead the American League East and draw rising attendance. The franchise wants a permanent home in Hillsborough County. The HCC site offers space, access, and room for a full stadium village. A yes vote keeps the project moving. A no vote forces a reset.<\/p>\n<p>What happens next<\/p>\n<p>Commissioners will debate the proposal after staff presentations. Public comment follows. A final vote comes after discussion. Sports Talk Florida updates the story throughout the morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RAYS &#8211; HCC A major vote on the proposed Tampa Bay Rays stadium takes place at 9 a.m.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2377],"tags":[5,88505,19859,5963,4,297,10202,68227,20045,2550,68,71918,2551,2549],"class_list":["post-703989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa-bay-rays","tag-baseball","tag-hcc-site","tag-hillsborough-county","tag-live-video","tag-mlb","tag-rays","tag-rays-stadium","tag-sports-talk-florida","tag-stadium-vote","tag-tampa-bay","tag-tampa-bay-rays","tag-tampa-politics","tag-tampabay","tag-tampabayrays"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116607068878666023","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703989","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=703989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}