Tampa Bay Rays have received MLB's permission to explore becoming two-city team

[ShortRound]

This is a bad precedent... Don't like the idea of a two-city team, what the crap.

 

[FloridaRob]

Nobody show up to watch them in tampa. And they have a good product. St pete council is holding them to the contract that goes thru 2027. They should let them go. Stadium is horrible. It is like a mausoleum to watch games there. You can sit behind home plate and talk to your friend in center field. St pete should put them out of their misery

 

[CowboysRock1980]

Just move them to Montreal, problem solved

 

[big dog cowboy]

The little support they get in the Tampa area would only diminish if this happens.

 

[Dallas_Cowboys50]

stupid, what are they gonna be called? Tampa-Montreal Rays? Or the first team in our 4 major sports to not have a Place name? just, "The Rays"....or "Baseball Club Rays" to take a page from Soccer? ugh smh.........

 

[Tabascocat]

Let them go to Montreal, Tampa doesn’t deserve a team.

 

[John813]

Let them go to Montreal, Tampa doesn’t deserve a team.

IMO the location of the stadium doesn't help, especially when dealing with rush hour traffic.
Also, had the stadium been in Ybur would of been better. Hillsborough County and Pasco County has seen huge growth in population since the late 90's. Unlike Pinellas County.

In this day and age of cheap HD TV's, where's the benefit in being stuck in traffic jams?

I get it, they have a really good team most years but average half of the average league wide attendance.

It's location is just as bad as the Florida Panthers arena out near the Everglades.
Poor arena planning can doom teams that don't have that rich history/tradition/super huge fan bases.

 

[darthseinfeld]

stupid, what are they gonna be called? Tampa-Montreal Rays? Or the first team in our 4 major sports to not have a Place name? just, "The Rays"....or "Baseball Club Rays" to take a page from Soccer? ugh smh.........

Just go with Earth

 

[jrumann59]

The Migrant Rays.....

 

[csirl]

X-Rays

 

[lukin2006]

A Montreal Billionaire is in the process of try to get a new stadium built. That was one of the reasons they left Montreal...the old stadium was garbage and falling apart, literally.

Concrete falls in the lot at Montreal's Olympic Stadium
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/mont...n-lot-at-montreal-s-olympic-stadium-1.1254592

And they have had other issues over the years with that stadium.

 

[Doomsday]

Seems like an idea that will either be a huge success, or a giant fail.

 

[jimmy40]

so which city gets playoff games?

 

[Carson]

I see why they want to move. I just recently moved to the Orlando area and took the trip to a Rays game and it was terrible!!!

I’ve lived in Boston, New York and Baltimore and would rather get into the games there!

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

IMO the location of the stadium doesn't help, especially when dealing with rush hour traffic.
Also, had the stadium been in Ybur would of been better. Hillsborough County and Pasco County has seen huge growth in population since the late 90's. Unlike Pinellas County.

In this day and age of cheap HD TV's, where's the benefit in being stuck in traffic jams?

I get it, they have a really good team most years but average half of the average league wide attendance.

It's location is just as bad as the Florida Panthers arena out near the Everglades.
Poor arena planning can doom teams that don't have that rich history/tradition/super huge fan bases.

Agreed. As a Yankees fan, I wonder why they don't just build a stadium near where the Buccaneers play.