Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. Credit: Pxhere

Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. Credit: Pxhere


Hey, guess what? Folks on the south side of St. Petersburg really care about what happens to the Tampa Bay Rays, too.

Redevelopment of the the Trop — where the Rays are now committed to play through 2027 — is on the agenda at a community summit that’ll touch other topics affecting residents within the CRA (think: restoration of voting rights, education). 

Community Summit on Life in South St. Peteresburg. Sat., Jan. 12, 2 p.m. Free to attend. Greater Mt. Zion A M E Church, 1045 16th St. S., Saint Petersburg. INFO.

This article appears in Jan 3-10, 2019.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...