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Originally Posted by mhays
While stadium subsidies rarely make sense from a purely economic standpoint, you could argue that it's a huge sign of a city on the rise as soon as the announcement happens. And it's a big construction project starting in 2028. And maybe a boost to local hotels in 2031+.
I wouldn't mind having a regional rival.
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And it seems like they might not even announce expansion teams until 2028. We are talking YEARS down the road, likely even for an announcement, let alone construction start and actual game play. Crap, my baseball loving/playing kid will be in town for maybe one year before heading to college at that point. He's 10 now...
And this is even before the recent chaos around TB. For a long time the (un)official talk of expansion was notably set to be after resolving the Oakland and TB stadium issues. Oakland is moving to LV, and TB had a stadium deal in the works, thus setting the stage for expansion talks. Now, with the late March shocking news that TB will NOT advance the much needed new stadium as promised, what does that do to the overall timeline? Now there are threats of TB leaving TB altogether now (Orlando?). Surely if Oak/TB stadiums affected expansion talks before, will it again affect that timeline?
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