The Rays officially identified their preferred location for a new ballpark, the first step in a process that they hope will secure their long-term future in the Tampa Bay area.
The Hillsborough College District Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve a non-binding memorandum of understanding with the Rays to pursue a partnership to redevelop the college’s approximately 113-acre Dale Mabry campus in Tampa in a project that would include a new stadium and mixed-use development.
The campus is located near Tampa International Airport, across Dale Mabry Highway from Raymond James Stadium and just south of George M. Steinbrenner Field, the Yankees’ Spring Training facility that the Rays used as their temporary home with Tropicana Field unavailable last year.
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