All I ever heard from fans in the Tampa-St Pete area is the location of the Trop is impossible with traffic for Tampa residents to get to the game in time.
So it’s completely on-brand for Steinberg to continue to pursue stadium sites in St Pete—presumably, more money promised locally—than in Tampa, where it could engage with a larger fan base.
As an Angels fan, I get a lot of “Arte Moreno is the worst owner in MLB”, but with Fisher, Castellini, Nutting and Steinberg, he has a ways to go to crack the Top 3, much less be “worst”.
It’s a problem of the owners’ making, and until they hold fellow owners accountable nothing will change.
I would completely - COMPLETELY - disagree with putting Sternberg in the same group as the others. He pursued sites in Tampa, but never got it over the line. Vinik put money into the Lightning and got a load of tax breaks to build out the area, before selling. Also, Rays are playing in Tampa now and not doing better numbers.
All I ever heard from fans in the Tampa-St Pete area is the location of the Trop is impossible with traffic for Tampa residents to get to the game in time.
So it’s completely on-brand for Steinberg to continue to pursue stadium sites in St Pete—presumably, more money promised locally—than in Tampa, where it could engage with a larger fan base.
As an Angels fan, I get a lot of “Arte Moreno is the worst owner in MLB”, but with Fisher, Castellini, Nutting and Steinberg, he has a ways to go to crack the Top 3, much less be “worst”.
It’s a problem of the owners’ making, and until they hold fellow owners accountable nothing will change.
I would completely - COMPLETELY - disagree with putting Sternberg in the same group as the others. He pursued sites in Tampa, but never got it over the line. Vinik put money into the Lightning and got a load of tax breaks to build out the area, before selling. Also, Rays are playing in Tampa now and not doing better numbers.