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Behind center field on the stadium's ground level near the main rotunda entrance is a two-story, full-service restaurant and recreational area called BallPark & Rec, opened in 2018. The restaurant's second floor features an outdoor area with lawn games, and an indoor arcade area. [ 77 ]
The stadium hosted its first regular season MLB games from May 15 through 17, 2007 season when the Texas Rangers played the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in a three-game series. The three games drew a total of 26,917 fans, and attendance went up each game. In April 2008, the Rays moved another series, this time against the Toronto Blue Jays, to Orlando. [9]
First announced in March 2007, the complex's 10th anniversary year, the Visa Athletic Center (formerly Jostens Center) is a 70,000-square-foot (6,500 m 2) arena (36% smaller than the HP Field House without the stadium seating) that opened in the fall of 2008.
Aerial view of Tropicana Field, home of Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays, in St. Petersburg, Florida, after Hurricane Milton on Oct. 15, 2024.
Breaking: The St. Petersburg City Council just voted 4-3 to approve $287.5M in bonds for the Rays new $1.3B stadium and $142M for Gas Plant infrastructure. The vote now tees up Pinellas ...
The new Rays stadium is slated to be the $1.3 billion centerpiece of the Gas Plant District redevelopment in St. Petersburg. This story has been updated with new information The USA TODAY app gets ...
The Tampa Bay Rays (then the Devil Rays), an American League expansion team in 1998, assumed the Orlando Rays' major-league affiliation the following year. The Orlando Rays' last season at Tinker Field was 1999. From 2000 to 2003, the Orlando Rays played in Kissimmee, Florida, in Champion Stadium at Walt Disney World Resort.
The stadium opened in 1990 and initially cost $138 million. It was due to be replaced in time for the 2026 season with a $1.3 billion ballpark. An NBA preseason game in Orlando between the Magic and the New Orleans Pelicans, scheduled for Friday, was canceled even before Milton hit the state. The game will not be rescheduled.