Major League Baseball has put an end to plans made by Tampa Bay Rays ownership that would have seen the ball club split its time in Tampa and Montreal, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Topkin says Rays principal owner Stuart Sternberg will address the issue in a press conference Thursday afternoon.
Rays officials had been very public about the plan, going as far as to say it was the “only” way the Rays — who regularly rank near the bottom of attendance in MLB — could remain a profitable franchise. Now the club will need to find a way to build a new stadium in the Tampa area to replace the ageing Tropicana Field, while also generating enough support to keep the team sustainable for all 12 months of the year.
More to come…
