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.

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 ...

City Administrator Rob Gerdes has told the Tampa Bay Rays in a letter that St. Petersburg is under no obligation to repair Tropicana Field in time for opening day 2026, as the Rays now expect.

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 ...

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 ...

Local perspective The Rays had planned to open a new, $1.3 billion ballpark in Saint Petersburg for the 2028 season, with the local government approving the deal in the summer of 2024. However ...

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 ...

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 ...