St. Petersburg council members debate Rays agreement in marathon meeting
Tampa Bay Times - 2024-05-09T18:11:57.309Z

ST. PETERSBURG — Council members kicked off a marathon session Thursday scrutinizing plans to transform the land around Tropicana Field into a business and residential district after months of closed-door negotiations between the Tampa Bay Rays, the team’s partners and Mayor Ken Welch’s administration.The council’s skeptics on the deal seized the microphones early, lobbing pent-up questions and critiques they’ve been sitting on since late last year when Welch announced the broad contours of a... Read this story