If the Rays can't use the Trop when the season rolls around, OAK is tanned, rested and ready. I don't see that any NCAA tournament games are scheduled there so they may have a decent chance to get it fixed by Opening Day.
If the Rays can't use the Trop when the season rolls around, OAK is tanned, rested and ready. I don't see that any NCAA tournament games are scheduled there so they may have a decent chance to get it fixed by Opening Day.
Originally Posted by Raisor
I am not saying that they wanted it to blow away, just that the headlines like "the roof was destroyed" are a bit sensationalist. The roof is made of fabric, which blew off, but the structure is intact. The building wasn't destroyed.
Drone footage over the stadium here:
https://x.com/Ry_Bass/status/1844367980249178396
I hate to say it but I wonder if the stadium becomes a lot nicer without the roof. Yes there is the constant threat of rain there but the atmosphere may suddenly improve exponentially.
“The guys we've had for the most part have been serviceable at this level.”
Crazy. I wonder what other damage was done to the interior once the roof blew off.
I note the Canadian flag was still holding strong.
I suppose the major question is what other damage occurred due to the roof getting blown off? Also might need to check for structural damage to the building.
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Chip R (10-10-2024),Revering4Blue (10-16-2024)
You have to wonder if spring training facilities for the teams that train around the area were affected.
cumberlandreds (10-10-2024),M2 (10-10-2024),Revering4Blue (10-16-2024)
Actually it sounds like they changed plans due to that concern:
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...rricane-milton
No injuries at the stadium were reported. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had said earlier in the week that there were plans for the ballpark to serve as a "temporary base camp" to support debris cleanup operations and temporarily house some first responders. The facility was set up to host 10,000 people, with cots arranged on the playing surface.
But those plans were changed as the storm neared, amid concerns that the roof simply would not survive Milton's wrath.
"They were relocated," DeSantis said at a Thursday morning news conference. "Tropicana Field is a routine staging area for these things. The roof on that ... I think it's rated for 110 mph and so the forecast changes, but as it became clear that there was going to be something of that magnitude that was going to be within the distance, they redeployed them out of Tropicana. There were no state assets that were inside Tropicana Field."
“The guys we've had for the most part have been serviceable at this level.”
CaiGuy (10-10-2024),Chip R (10-10-2024),JCM11 (10-10-2024),Revering4Blue (10-10-2024),UKFlounder (10-10-2024),westofyou (10-10-2024)
It's not like the Rays were using it much anyway.
In all seriousness, they'll have it repaired by the start of the season, I'm sure.
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M2 (10-10-2024),Revering4Blue (10-10-2024)
The Pohlad family is looking for a buyer for the Minnesota Twins.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...llion-put-sale
Their gates has been down a bit since Covid. Team hasn't been bad, but they're drawing 1.9 million as opposed to the 3+ million they were drawing during their Mauer-Morneau peak. Lately they seem to specialize in frequently injured guys (Correa, Buxton, Lewis). A healthy version of that team might be pretty good. A new owner might help generate some buzz around that team.
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Chip R (10-10-2024),Revering4Blue (10-10-2024)
You’d think someone would have thought about whether that roof could survive a hurricane before they moved those cots in there. That didn’t happen overnight. A pretty high up decision was made at some point to make that a major facility in dealing with a hurricane
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Revering4Blue (10-10-2024)
The 34 year old tarp had a projected life of 25 years. When the Twin's Metrodome tarp collapsed in 2010 it took 5 months and 24 million$ ($35m 2024$). I suspect Rays will not be able to count on any help from the city/state as they have much higher priority projects.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/583...lton-engineer/
klw (10-10-2024)
The team has said the site wasn't being used a hurricane shelter.
Openers are for losers
Thanks to this I have had the hook to "Club Tropicana" in my head for the last day ..
Club Tropicana, drinks are free
Fun and sunshine, there's enough for everyone
All that's missing is the sea
But don't worry, you can suntan
“The guys we've had for the most part have been serviceable at this level.”
At one point it certainly was being planned to be used as a shelter, hence all those cots. I guess they later thought better of it
Who owns the stadium? It’s not the Rays’ responsibility unless they own it or their lease stipulates it
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