Tampa Bay Times reporters describe what it’s like at Steinbrenner and around Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg.

The Tampa Bay Rays open their 2025 regular season not at Tropicana Field but at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa. Tampa Bay Rays owner Stu Sternberg addressed the stadium saga before first pitch.

TAMPA — Over the last couple dozen years, as various stadium proposals rose and died, people would occasionally wonder what it would be like for the Rays to play outdoors on the Tampa side of town.

The St. Petersburg City Council will decide whether to replace the roof of Tropicana Field a week later than planned. City Administrator Rob Gerdes emailed council members Friday to let them know city staff was still working on “contractual details” for the Trop’s roof repair,

Left homeless after Hurricane Milton destroyed the Tropicana Field roof on Oct. 9, the Tampa Bay Rays began their season as renters at Steinbrenner Field, the New York Yankees spring training headquarters,

After significant damage to Tropicana Field during October hurricanes, the Tampa Bay Rays are playing their 2025 home games at George M. Steinbrenner Field, the spring training facility for the team's AL East rival New York Yankees.

The Rays will play their 2025 home games at a spring training park and their longterm future in Tampa is uncertain

Junior Caminero abrió la estrecha puerta blanca de su nuevo y espacioso casillero y el tercera base de los Rays de Tampa Bay