Mayor Ken Welch said the Rays agreed to cover cost overruns in the deal after years of negotiations and called on the team to ...

Mayor Ken Welch says he is ready to move on if the Tampa Bay Rays back out of the stadium agreement signed last year.

Ken Welch said that while St. Petersburg has done everything it needs in regards to the Rays' stadium deal, the city would be ...

During his State of the City, Mayor Ken Welch says the city remains committed to DEI policies and reflected on a need to ...

ST. PETERSBURG — Mayor Ken Welch said the city is ready to pivot if plans for a Tampa Bay Rays stadium and surrounding redevelopment fall apart. Welch’s comments during his State of the City ...

The Tampa Bay Rays' team presidents took to sports talk radio to make their case that Pinellas County and St. Petersburg are to blame for uncertainty surrounding the club’s future in Tampa Bay.

Pinellas County officials remain hopeful that the Tampa Bay Rays are here to stay. At his Feb. 4 State of the City address, St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch "wanted to make sure that the community ...

Some of the biggest backers of the Tampa Bay Rays stadium and redevelopment agreement ... including the deal’s architect, St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch. St. Petersburg and Pinellas County ...

St. Petersburg, Fla., mayor Ken Welch said Tuesday that the city will move ahead with its plan to redevelop the Gas Plant District, even if the Rays opt out of a deal to build a $1.3 billion ...

The Rays' deal with the city of St. Petersburg to open a brand-new stadium in 2028, meanwhile, was also thrown off by Milton. The projected opening got delayed to 2029, and the Rays made it clear ...