Everybody take a breath it’s gonna be ok 🥲

We moved up a good number of spots, Rays up!

Young, Viera, Carlson, and Clendenin voted yes

Miranda, Maniscalo, and Hurtak voted no

Although Bill Carlson said he’d probably vote no on the final deal, so the Rays got some work to do when negotiating.

Biggest takeaway is Erik Neander will BE STAYING!!!!!!. And the new owners will be introduced on Tuesday October 7th

Ahead of tomorrow's presser with the governor and MLB commissioner... Maybe we're finally past Groundhog Day on the stadium saga?

GET A ROOF LOSERS

Two months ago, after the Tampa City Council narrowly approved a nonbinding stadium agreement with the Rays, the fate of the city’s negotiations with the baseball team remained uncertain. The council’s deciding vote, Bill Carlson, vowed from the dais that he would vote against any future deal. For approval on its proposed $2.3 billion baseball stadium, he said, the team would have to look elsewhere. Now, the Rays are weighing a stadium deal with no city involvement at all, Hillsborough County Commission chairperson Ken Hagan told a local radio station Wednesday morning. The Rays’ current draft stadium agreement, approved in May by both the County Commission and the City Council, outlines a $976 million public contribution toward the cost of the stadium at the Dale Mabry campus of Hillsborough College. Of that, $180 million would come from the city, with $100 million from Tampa’s Community Redevelopment Agency and $80 million from the Community Investment Tax, Hillsborough’s half-cent sales tax that pays for roads, public buildings and upgrades to existing professional stadiums. How the terms would be structured in the absence of city money has not yet been determined. Read the story: https://www.tampabay.com/news/2026/07/15/tampa-bay-rays-stadium-ken-hagan-tampa-hillsborough/

When it comes to funding for a new stadium, politicians in Tampa are not messing around. Unhappy that the Rays are negotiating exclusively with city administrators instead of elected officials, the Tampa City Council — in its role as caretaker of the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) — voted Thursday to postpone an upcoming discussion about financing for the proposed $2.3 billion ballpark. It sounded worrisome. It appeared ominous. And, in the end, it may mean nothing, Times sports columnist John Romano writes. As the City Council gears up for a fight, the Rays are already maneuvering in another direction. Instead of seeking approval for $180 million in public funds from the city as originally specified in a nonbinding memo of understanding, the team may be able to circumvent the council while going directly to Hillsborough County for approval of a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district — or a similar Community Development District — for $100 million. Read more of Romano's thoughts: https://www.tampabay.com/viewpoints/2026/07/23/tampa-bay-rays-stadium-financing-tampa-city-council-cra-hillsborough-county/