Roof installation is expected to begin in August and should be done by December. The entire project is expected to be ...

Roof installation is expected to begin in August and should be done by December. The entire project is expected to be ...

A medium-sized convention space has long been discussed as a need on this side of the bay,” writes Mayor Kenneth T. Welch.

A key document governing a deal to build a $1.3 billion stadium expired March 31 when the Tampa Bay Rays decided not to move ...

Tropicana Field’s roof was torn off by Hurricane Milton, exposing the interior, on Oct. 9, 2024. AP Thousands of green and white cots had been set up in the outfield and foul territories to ...

Tropicana Field lost most of its roof Wednesday night as Hurricane Milton came and brought winds up to 120 mph to parts of Florida.. The St. Petersburg, Fla., stadium is the home of the Tampa Bay ...

Tropicana Field had been used by the state as a 10,000-person base camp in the days leading up to Milton. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said during a press conference Thursday that the first ...

Tropicana Field opened as the Florida Suncoast Dome in 1990 and cost $138 million, according to the Tampa Bay Rays' media guide. It was renamed the ThunderDome in 1993 and was the first home of ...

According to the Rays, Tropicana Field’s roof was made of six acres of translucent, Teflon-coated fiberglass. It was similar to the fiberglass fabric roof of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome ...

The team previously said that Tropicana Field features the world’s largest cable-supported domed roof, with the panels made of “translucent, Teflon-coated fiberglass” supported by 180 miles ...

Tropicana Field sits in the cellar of MLB ballparks. How did it come to be this way? In the 1980s, Florida had no major league team to call its own, though numerous teams held spring training there.

Tropicana Field is hard on the Blue Jays’ bats, too. During the previous five years, Toronto hit just .234 at Tampa Bay, with a .385 slugging percentage. At every other park, ...