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undefined", "link":"/news/crime/2025/02/25/hillsborough-deputies-investigating-after-inmate-dies-hospital/"}">Hillsborough deputies investigating after inmate dies at hospital</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-26T00:15:05.069Z">Earlier today</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Crime</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/crime/2025/02/25/hillsborough-deputies-investigating-after-inmate-dies-hospital/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"TBT - undefined", "link":"/news/crime/2025/02/25/hillsborough-deputies-investigating-after-inmate-dies-hospital/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/the-falkenburg-road-jail-in-tampa-is-seen-6DH3T72KGBF3NEVGARP7RV7BZU.jpg?auth=7a63ede51bca8ee20264ef597ff62b6240022c94ea6254cf617d93c5140bb09a&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/the-falkenburg-road-jail-in-tampa-is-seen-6DH3T72KGBF3NEVGARP7RV7BZU.jpg?auth=7a63ede51bca8ee20264ef597ff62b6240022c94ea6254cf617d93c5140bb09a&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/the-falkenburg-road-jail-in-tampa-is-seen-6DH3T72KGBF3NEVGARP7RV7BZU.jpg?auth=7a63ede51bca8ee20264ef597ff62b6240022c94ea6254cf617d93c5140bb09a&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/the-falkenburg-road-jail-in-tampa-is-seen-6DH3T72KGBF3NEVGARP7RV7BZU.jpg?auth=7a63ede51bca8ee20264ef597ff62b6240022c94ea6254cf617d93c5140bb09a&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="The Falkenburg Road Jail in Tampa is seen in a Google image from 2018. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a man who was incarcerated at the jail died at a hospital Tuesday afternoon." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="The Falkenburg Road Jail in Tampa is seen in a Google image from 2018. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a man who was incarcerated at the jail died at a hospital Tuesday afternoon." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/the-falkenburg-road-jail-in-tampa-is-seen-6DH3T72KGBF3NEVGARP7RV7BZU.jpg?auth=7a63ede51bca8ee20264ef597ff62b6240022c94ea6254cf617d93c5140bb09a&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/crime/2025/02/25/howard-frankland-bridge-stabbing-patrick-scruggs-stand-your-ground/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"TBT - undefined", "link":"/news/crime/2025/02/25/howard-frankland-bridge-stabbing-patrick-scruggs-stand-your-ground/"}">Ex-prosecutor claims stand your ground in Howard Frankland stabbing</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-25T23:51:42.421Z">Yesterday</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Crime</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/crime/2025/02/25/howard-frankland-bridge-stabbing-patrick-scruggs-stand-your-ground/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"TBT - undefined", "link":"/news/crime/2025/02/25/howard-frankland-bridge-stabbing-patrick-scruggs-stand-your-ground/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/a-still-image-from-police-body-worn-P3BFBQ6VNNEN5FIOB25AULN4NA.JPG?auth=911f321b4f3aa88f18a35c2541874a8594d89126eb3786dba2d0e49033e1a69b&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/a-still-image-from-police-body-worn-P3BFBQ6VNNEN5FIOB25AULN4NA.JPG?auth=911f321b4f3aa88f18a35c2541874a8594d89126eb3786dba2d0e49033e1a69b&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/a-still-image-from-police-body-worn-P3BFBQ6VNNEN5FIOB25AULN4NA.JPG?auth=911f321b4f3aa88f18a35c2541874a8594d89126eb3786dba2d0e49033e1a69b&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/a-still-image-from-police-body-worn-P3BFBQ6VNNEN5FIOB25AULN4NA.JPG?auth=911f321b4f3aa88f18a35c2541874a8594d89126eb3786dba2d0e49033e1a69b&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="A still image from police body-worn camera footage shows Patrick Scruggs standing on the Howard Frankland Bridge the morning of Sept. 26, 2023. Scruggs, a former federal prosecutor, is accused of stabbing Blake Sharp in the arm with a pocketknife after Sharp crashed into Scruggs' car." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="A still image from police body-worn camera footage shows Patrick Scruggs standing on the Howard Frankland Bridge the morning of Sept. 26, 2023. Scruggs, a former federal prosecutor, is accused of stabbing Blake Sharp in the arm with a pocketknife after Sharp crashed into Scruggs' car." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/a-still-image-from-police-body-worn-P3BFBQ6VNNEN5FIOB25AULN4NA.JPG?auth=911f321b4f3aa88f18a35c2541874a8594d89126eb3786dba2d0e49033e1a69b&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/business/2025/02/25/joann-fabric-closing-tampa-bay-florida/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"TBT - undefined", "link":"/news/business/2025/02/25/joann-fabric-closing-tampa-bay-florida/"}">Fabrics retailer Joann to go out of business, close all stores</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-25T21:05:50.96Z">Yesterday</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Business</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/business/2025/02/25/joann-fabric-closing-tampa-bay-florida/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"TBT - undefined", "link":"/news/business/2025/02/25/joann-fabric-closing-tampa-bay-florida/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/fabrics-retailer-joann-announced-it-is-ALQKDL5THKK3Z44XXT3XKPK2RY.jpg?auth=be25b046184063707b5d49f3018f882a17aa147e062adba572f9577d9bd89153&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/fabrics-retailer-joann-announced-it-is-ALQKDL5THKK3Z44XXT3XKPK2RY.jpg?auth=be25b046184063707b5d49f3018f882a17aa147e062adba572f9577d9bd89153&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/fabrics-retailer-joann-announced-it-is-ALQKDL5THKK3Z44XXT3XKPK2RY.jpg?auth=be25b046184063707b5d49f3018f882a17aa147e062adba572f9577d9bd89153&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/fabrics-retailer-joann-announced-it-is-ALQKDL5THKK3Z44XXT3XKPK2RY.jpg?auth=be25b046184063707b5d49f3018f882a17aa147e062adba572f9577d9bd89153&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="Fabrics retailer Joann announced it is going out of business and closing all of its stores across the country." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="Fabrics retailer Joann announced it is going out of business and closing all of its stores across the country." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/fabrics-retailer-joann-announced-it-is-ALQKDL5THKK3Z44XXT3XKPK2RY.jpg?auth=be25b046184063707b5d49f3018f882a17aa147e062adba572f9577d9bd89153&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><div class="feed-vert"><div class="vert html-advertisement vert-feed"><div class="vert__ad" id="AdditionalMediumRectangle2-1" data-adbridg-ad-class="adb-additional-medrect"></div></div></div><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/crime/2025/02/25/stephen-edenfield-murder-arrest-dna-brandon-gliha/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"TBT - undefined", "link":"/news/crime/2025/02/25/stephen-edenfield-murder-arrest-dna-brandon-gliha/"}">After 28 years, DNA leads to arrest in Hillsborough murder case</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-25T19:40:42.838Z">Yesterday</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Crime</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/crime/2025/02/25/stephen-edenfield-murder-arrest-dna-brandon-gliha/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"TBT - undefined", "link":"/news/crime/2025/02/25/stephen-edenfield-murder-arrest-dna-brandon-gliha/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/stephen-edenfield-is-seen-in-an-undated-YGSVTFMTMVHKXAIGKAKHZLQPLU.jpg?auth=41cb76004e7bf2d50549ea957cb81970cfc2eafab6a1d59b73be6994b7a61f11&height=180&width=320&fitfill=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/stephen-edenfield-is-seen-in-an-undated-YGSVTFMTMVHKXAIGKAKHZLQPLU.jpg?auth=41cb76004e7bf2d50549ea957cb81970cfc2eafab6a1d59b73be6994b7a61f11&height=240&width=425&fitfill=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/stephen-edenfield-is-seen-in-an-undated-YGSVTFMTMVHKXAIGKAKHZLQPLU.jpg?auth=41cb76004e7bf2d50549ea957cb81970cfc2eafab6a1d59b73be6994b7a61f11&height=316&width=562&fitfill=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/stephen-edenfield-is-seen-in-an-undated-YGSVTFMTMVHKXAIGKAKHZLQPLU.jpg?auth=41cb76004e7bf2d50549ea957cb81970cfc2eafab6a1d59b73be6994b7a61f11&height=414&width=736&fitfill=true"/><img alt="Stephen Edenfield is seen in an undated photo released by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Edenfield was 41 when his brother found his bloody body in his home in the Tampa Racquet Club condo complex, 5280 N. Church Ave., on Feb. 1, 1997. On Monday, the sheriff's office announced that they had cracked the cold case, charging Brandon Gliha, 47, with Edenfield's murder." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="Stephen Edenfield is seen in an undated photo released by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Edenfield was 41 when his brother found his bloody body in his home in the Tampa Racquet Club condo complex, 5280 N. Church Ave., on Feb. 1, 1997. On Monday, the sheriff's office announced that they had cracked the cold case, charging Brandon Gliha, 47, with Edenfield's murder." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/stephen-edenfield-is-seen-in-an-undated-YGSVTFMTMVHKXAIGKAKHZLQPLU.jpg?auth=41cb76004e7bf2d50549ea957cb81970cfc2eafab6a1d59b73be6994b7a61f11&height=316&width=562&fitfill=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/environment/2025/02/25/trump-rices-whale-endangered-protections-rollback/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"TBT - undefined", "link":"/news/environment/2025/02/25/trump-rices-whale-endangered-protections-rollback/"}">Trump admin rolls back protections for rare whales off Florida coast</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-25T18:57:37.876Z">Yesterday</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Environment</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/environment/2025/02/25/trump-rices-whale-endangered-protections-rollback/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"TBT - undefined", "link":"/news/environment/2025/02/25/trump-rices-whale-endangered-protections-rollback/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/this-tampa-bay-times-archive-photo-from-HT3T35ASHZEWTOPWIJ676WXIDA.JPG?auth=619e22d4cd30800202081b6108fd2024671bda7f56416973f591e92587e0d76d&height=180&width=320&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/this-tampa-bay-times-archive-photo-from-HT3T35ASHZEWTOPWIJ676WXIDA.JPG?auth=619e22d4cd30800202081b6108fd2024671bda7f56416973f591e92587e0d76d&height=240&width=425&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/this-tampa-bay-times-archive-photo-from-HT3T35ASHZEWTOPWIJ676WXIDA.JPG?auth=619e22d4cd30800202081b6108fd2024671bda7f56416973f591e92587e0d76d&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/this-tampa-bay-times-archive-photo-from-HT3T35ASHZEWTOPWIJ676WXIDA.JPG?auth=619e22d4cd30800202081b6108fd2024671bda7f56416973f591e92587e0d76d&height=414&width=736&smart=true"/><img alt="This Tampa Bay Times archive photo from 2009 shows volunteers from the Clearwater Marine Aquarium examining a dead Rice's whale that was towed to the beach at Fort De Soto. The adult female whale was struck and killed by a ship and dragged into the bay on the boat's bow. The whale was a milk-producing female, meaning she likely was nursing a calf when she died." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="This Tampa Bay Times archive photo from 2009 shows volunteers from the Clearwater Marine Aquarium examining a dead Rice's whale that was towed to the beach at Fort De Soto. The adult female whale was struck and killed by a ship and dragged into the bay on the boat's bow. The whale was a milk-producing female, meaning she likely was nursing a calf when she died." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/this-tampa-bay-times-archive-photo-from-HT3T35ASHZEWTOPWIJ676WXIDA.JPG?auth=619e22d4cd30800202081b6108fd2024671bda7f56416973f591e92587e0d76d&height=316&width=562&smart=true"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/crime/2025/02/25/trump-january-6-jeremy-brown-pardon-justice-department-conviction-capitol/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"TBT - undefined", "link":"/news/crime/2025/02/25/trump-january-6-jeremy-brown-pardon-justice-department-conviction-capitol/"}">Prosecutors say Trump’s Jan. 6 pardon applies to Tampa’s Jeremy Brown</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-25T18:46:41.737Z">Yesterday</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• Crime</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/crime/2025/02/25/trump-january-6-jeremy-brown-pardon-justice-department-conviction-capitol/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"TBT - undefined", "link":"/news/crime/2025/02/25/trump-january-6-jeremy-brown-pardon-justice-department-conviction-capitol/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/png" media="(max-width: 320px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/a-photograph-included-in-a-federal-7JOX6XRFSBANXIXPF2L6XNONHA.png?auth=e188bf5ea05de239e692496f4676be8b696fdf50bfe4272734145a3574c658b1&height=180&width=320&focal=188,98"/><source type="image/png" media="(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 425px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/a-photograph-included-in-a-federal-7JOX6XRFSBANXIXPF2L6XNONHA.png?auth=e188bf5ea05de239e692496f4676be8b696fdf50bfe4272734145a3574c658b1&height=240&width=425&focal=188,98"/><source type="image/png" media="(min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 562px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/a-photograph-included-in-a-federal-7JOX6XRFSBANXIXPF2L6XNONHA.png?auth=e188bf5ea05de239e692496f4676be8b696fdf50bfe4272734145a3574c658b1&height=316&width=562&focal=188,98"/><source type="image/png" media="(max-width: 563px)" srcSet="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/a-photograph-included-in-a-federal-7JOX6XRFSBANXIXPF2L6XNONHA.png?auth=e188bf5ea05de239e692496f4676be8b696fdf50bfe4272734145a3574c658b1&height=414&width=736&focal=188,98"/><img alt="A photograph included in a federal criminal complaint shows a man agents say is Jeremy Brown of Tampa, dressed in combat attire during a rally that preceded the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol." class="lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E" style="transition:opacity 0.5s ease 0.5s;opacity:0" title="A photograph included in a federal criminal complaint shows a man agents say is Jeremy Brown of Tampa, dressed in combat attire during a rally that preceded the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol." itemProp="image" width="562" height="auto"/><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/v2/a-photograph-included-in-a-federal-7JOX6XRFSBANXIXPF2L6XNONHA.png?auth=e188bf5ea05de239e692496f4676be8b696fdf50bfe4272734145a3574c658b1&height=316&width=562&focal=188,98"/><meta itemProp="width" content="562"/><meta itemProp="height" content="316"/></picture></div></figure></a></div></div></li><li class="feed-item"><div class="story-item feed--no-blurb"><div class="group fnb__col--1"><div class="headline"><a href="/news/st-petersburg/2025/02/25/rays-stadium-deadline-stuart-sternberg-ken-welch-hines-relocation/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"TBT - undefined", "link":"/news/st-petersburg/2025/02/25/rays-stadium-deadline-stuart-sternberg-ken-welch-hines-relocation/"}">One month out from decision day, what’s going on with Rays stadium?</a></div><div class="group fnb__time-and-bullet"><span class="timestamp"><span title="2025-02-25T18:38:33.089Z">Yesterday</span></span><span class="sectionbullet">• St. Petersburg</span></div></div><div class="media fnb__col--2"><a href="/news/st-petersburg/2025/02/25/rays-stadium-deadline-stuart-sternberg-ken-welch-hines-relocation/" data-tbtevent="link" data-tbtcategory="Feed" data-tbtlabel="{"section":"TBT - undefined", "link":"/news/st-petersburg/2025/02/25/rays-stadium-deadline-stuart-sternberg-ken-welch-hines-relocation/" }"><figure itemscope="" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="lazy-container" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><picture><source type="image/jpg" media="(max-width: 320px)" 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"},{"_id":"O4UE4WLGH5HBZHOD3Y7CKV4SIU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695807},"type":"text","content":"Will the Rays decide to go through with a deal to build a $1.3 billion stadium and surrounding Historic Gas Plant District development?"},{"_id":"DCWBXJNATNFL7C2JOE2C52ETSY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695808},"type":"text","content":"Or will they decide to walk away from an overall $6.5 billion plan that took almost three years to put together?"},{"_id":"GP4Y5Q4FD5HCBEQLIXQ6RW2YIM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695809},"type":"text","content":"<a href=\"https://www.tampabay.com/sports/2025/02/15/instead-building-stadium-rays-seem-intent-burning-bridges/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.tampabay.com/sports/2025/02/15/instead-building-stadium-rays-seem-intent-burning-bridges/\">The latter scenario looks more likely </a>as the days count down, and that doesn’t bode well for the team’s future in Tampa Bay."},{"_id":"M6MDF7DHHJA7FLVFD47O5CGKPA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695810},"type":"text","content":"The Rays must check off a list by the end of March showing that they have the money to move forward and have done enough work so far to show progress. If they don’t, the agreements approved with votes and celebrated last summer by the St. Petersburg City Council, the Pinellas County Commission and the Rays would begin to unwind."},{"_id":"LY5POPS5FJCZVLP4MAV5Z3WXRU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695811},"type":"text","content":"But if the team does meet its obligations, it would unlock public funding for the project and get shovels in the ground."},{"_id":"V7BORBBCXNBCFHV6VUGQDVJLHY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695812},"type":"text","content":"Here’s what changed from last summer and how things look from here:"},{"level":1,"_id":"4L7FBRD73VGVFCYFNNDDZK4NAQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"header","content":"What do the Rays need to do to move the deal forward?"},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"tbt"},"copyright":"Tampa Bay Times","address":{"locality":"Port Charlotte","region":"FL"},"syndication":{"search":"true","external_distribution":"true"},"auth":{"1":"c9eada57c7403a823bf5edd25e7b66a9e724d78bf156f42df598f85d9912b135"},"vanity_credits":{},"caption":"Tampa Bay Rays principal owner Stuart Sternberg attends spring training at the Charlotte Sports Park on Feb. 12 in Port Charlotte.","source":{"system":"photo center","name":"Tampa Bay Times","edit_url":"","source_type":"staff","additional_properties":{"editor":"photo center"}},"taxonomy":{},"type":"image","distributor":{"mode":"reference","reference_id":"d332c6a3-8c2f-4fce-9507-0fdc0e6cdd96"},"version":"0.10.9","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/Z5FQ4TH2BVBPHOFVX4URYGOVQU.jpg","licensable":true,"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"Times","type":"author"}],"by":[{"name":"Jefferee Woo","type":"author","byline":"Jefferee Woo"}]},"subtitle":"","width":5710,"_id":"Z5FQ4TH2BVBPHOFVX4URYGOVQU","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/OOIX50k1kAcIOK5XiNuhbLr2TI8=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tbt/public/Z5FQ4TH2BVBPHOFVX4URYGOVQU.jpg","owner":"jwoo@tampabay.com","iptc_source":"Tampa Bay Times","proxyUrl":"/resizer/OOIX50k1kAcIOK5XiNuhbLr2TI8=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tbt/public/Z5FQ4TH2BVBPHOFVX4URYGOVQU.jpg","link":"","takenOn":"2025-02-12T16:07:50Z","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/Z5FQ4TH2BVBPHOFVX4URYGOVQU.jpg","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/OOIX50k1kAcIOK5XiNuhbLr2TI8=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tbt/public/Z5FQ4TH2BVBPHOFVX4URYGOVQU.jpg","ingestionMethod":"manual","thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/6mUzEmuIE-9gUoYSqZ0gaMCMqSM=/300x0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tbt/public/Z5FQ4TH2BVBPHOFVX4URYGOVQU.jpg","version":1,"originalName":"434049_WOO_21_ sp_rays021325.jpg","mime_type":"image/jpeg","restricted":false,"template_id":465,"galleries":[],"iptc_title":"Staff Photographer"},"created_date":"2025-02-12T18:11:34Z","last_updated_date":"2025-02-25T18:38:32Z","slug":"434049_WOO_sp_rays021325","height":3807,"image_type":"photograph","resized_urls":{"original":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/Z5FQ4TH2BVBPHOFVX4URYGOVQU.jpg","smartnews_400x400":"https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/V9eQ90rE51jFGJuiQaj0urz6Wl0=/400x400/smart/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/Z5FQ4TH2BVBPHOFVX4URYGOVQU.jpg","image1x1ratio":"https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/tmMc3sgNPX7MxmARxy2Oa2NWiK4=/1200x1200/smart/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/Z5FQ4TH2BVBPHOFVX4URYGOVQU.jpg","image4x3ratio":"https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/kd1S_0vQ5QQJcTPK-z1gif4eJT8=/1200x900/smart/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/Z5FQ4TH2BVBPHOFVX4URYGOVQU.jpg","image16x9ratio":"https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/XbE5vQrGc219gLSPUT7cmEzkPkE=/1200x675/smart/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/Z5FQ4TH2BVBPHOFVX4URYGOVQU.jpg"}},{"_id":"6N4IVNKSZVBTFDAFLV7MVRHPXY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695814},"type":"text","content":"Central on the Rays checklist: They need to show that they have the money to pay their share of the stadium deal. That’s $700 million. Team owner Stuart Sternberg must submit a letter committing that funding and prove that he has access to the money. "},{"_id":"PPUWXHCRCBDNBAVUMID34VEE7E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695815},"type":"text","content":"The Rays also need to show that design documents for the stadium are at least halfway done. They need permits to start construction, to provide design and building agreements to the city and county, and secure a firm commitment letter from a lender if they plan to take on debt to move forward. The team must also produce a project budget and schedule for city and county approval."},{"_id":"F2HI7GU5Z5DSFEOJSGFUWT4KIQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695816},"type":"text","content":"Supplying all that info would unlock public spending on the project. Pinellas County has agreed to put $312.5 million from its tourist tax chest toward the stadium. The city committed $287.5 million by leveraging future property values downtown toward the stadium."},{"_id":"GCNS6TIPUFENTJ3HY7BSE37KPI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695817},"type":"text","content":"The city also would provide another $142 million for roads, sewers and the demolition of Tropicana Field."},{"_id":"IIW4RAGRX5HMPBLUYXSDJSNIZA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695818},"type":"text","content":"Those figures do not include the sale price of 65 acres of public land that would be sold to the Rays and development partner Hines for $105 million."},{"_id":"KSBHFHDSDZHSJKJQLMTE4FCU3M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695819},"type":"text","content":"Sternberg has to make a decision. He has told the Tampa Bay Times that<a href=\"https://www.tampabay.com/sports/2025/02/15/instead-building-stadium-rays-seem-intent-burning-bridges/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.tampabay.com/sports/2025/02/15/instead-building-stadium-rays-seem-intent-burning-bridges/\"> it will come “well before” the March 31 deadline</a>."},{"level":1,"_id":"RLC4BUGXABBSHN56AOCLJKUOXI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"header","content":"What happens if the Rays don’t meet that deadline?"},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"tbt"},"copyright":"Tampa Bay Times","address":{"locality":"St. Petersburg","region":"FL"},"syndication":{"search":"true","external_distribution":"true"},"auth":{"1":"74d8a67fe0b50dc8605195ad0dd79c5fb90357ea434ff141a56eea85d39d0fea"},"vanity_credits":{},"caption":"St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch speaks during a City Council meeting before a vote on financing bonds for a new Rays stadium on Nov. 21, 2024, in St. Petersburg. 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The deal would fall apart after three years of intense, behind-the-scenes negotiations."},{"_id":"BXRGAAS53BB57J5YTY57FPA2MM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695822},"type":"text","content":"St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch has focused much of his time in office on landing a stadium deal that eluded three predecessors. But even he has begun <a href=\"https://www.tampabay.com/sports/2025/02/15/instead-building-stadium-rays-seem-intent-burning-bridges/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.tampabay.com/sports/2025/02/15/instead-building-stadium-rays-seem-intent-burning-bridges/\">discussing a future of the Tropicana Field site</a> that doesn’t include the Rays."},{"_id":"MEEWVQ5BF5ACTMSG3EXBKTMPIA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695823},"type":"text","content":"He said if the Rays walk away from the stadium project, the land around the Trop that would have been sold to the team and partner Hines for development stays with the city. The city would have three or four years to come up with another plan, but won’t break ground until the Rays are done playing at the Trop and move out. In that time, Welch has said, the land value will increase."},{"_id":"FZZ6ND2CTZESPLKADSDUWUQ3XY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695824},"type":"text","content":"According to the 1995 agreement still in place between the city and the Rays, any profits from development shall be shared equally between the city and the team during the term of the agreement. Welch doesn’t want to split that money with the Rays and says he is prepared to wait the team out."},{"_id":"DVQS6TBMUVG6LFHR4PSEPGIIMM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695825},"type":"text","content":"Welch also doesn’t seem interested in working with the team on another proposal. 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How did we get here?"},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"tbt"},"copyright":"Tampa Bay Times","address":{"locality":"St. Petersburg","region":"FL"},"syndication":{"search":"true","external_distribution":"true"},"auth":{"1":"cad306752f06d2255c3748d02542ef96c51c397298e964a3820332790cf0bcde"},"vanity_credits":{},"caption":"An aerial drone view of Tropicana Field last October as work began to remove the damaged fiberglass roof, which was destroyed from high winds during Hurricane Milton.","source":{"system":"photo center","name":"Tampa Bay Times","edit_url":"","source_type":"staff","additional_properties":{"editor":"photo center"}},"taxonomy":{},"type":"image","distributor":{"mode":"reference","reference_id":"d332c6a3-8c2f-4fce-9507-0fdc0e6cdd96"},"version":"0.10.9","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/LVP3JS4T4JHKREF2GULLI3RNKI.jpg","licensable":true,"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"Times","type":"author"}],"by":[{"name":"Dirk Shadd","type":"author","byline":"Dirk Shadd"}]},"subtitle":"","width":4032,"_id":"LVP3JS4T4JHKREF2GULLI3RNKI","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/0WwaHU1BdDNhBD7_2no5lGER0yI=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tbt/public/LVP3JS4T4JHKREF2GULLI3RNKI.jpg","owner":"dshadd@tampabay.com","iptc_source":"www.tampabay.com, licensing@zumapress.com","proxyUrl":"/resizer/0WwaHU1BdDNhBD7_2no5lGER0yI=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tbt/public/LVP3JS4T4JHKREF2GULLI3RNKI.jpg","link":"","takenOn":"2024-10-30T15:43:54Z","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/LVP3JS4T4JHKREF2GULLI3RNKI.jpg","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/0WwaHU1BdDNhBD7_2no5lGER0yI=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tbt/public/LVP3JS4T4JHKREF2GULLI3RNKI.jpg","ingestionMethod":"manual","thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/mDtIeVzAFbLr1B24b1rShNccCWg=/300x0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tbt/public/LVP3JS4T4JHKREF2GULLI3RNKI.jpg","version":1,"originalName":"433737_SHAD_10_TropRoof.jpg","mime_type":"image/jpeg","restricted":false,"template_id":465,"galleries":[],"iptc_title":"Staff Photographer"},"created_date":"2024-10-30T16:18:18Z","last_updated_date":"2025-02-19T23:11:19Z","slug":"433737_SHAD_TropRoof","height":2979,"image_type":"photograph","resized_urls":{"original":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/LVP3JS4T4JHKREF2GULLI3RNKI.jpg","smartnews_400x400":"https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/CJzoKFT_SIE7gY08nTrrSL8g61Y=/400x400/smart/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/LVP3JS4T4JHKREF2GULLI3RNKI.jpg","image1x1ratio":"https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/wEcjBO54JV53zX_6GMPHtDcU9Xo=/1200x1200/smart/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/LVP3JS4T4JHKREF2GULLI3RNKI.jpg","image4x3ratio":"https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/c5z3dnkR4MiydETKH5fec9E1jzE=/1200x900/smart/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/LVP3JS4T4JHKREF2GULLI3RNKI.jpg","image16x9ratio":"https://www.tampabay.com/resizer/mrg1GnC7r_MZjKUhc0bFU5u8qMI=/1200x675/smart/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/LVP3JS4T4JHKREF2GULLI3RNKI.jpg"}},{"_id":"B7AFYKT5CNF7PO4HRX76CDZL44","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695827},"type":"text","content":"The Rays have spent 17 years looking at possible stadium sites on both sides of the bay without landing the support to make them happen."},{"_id":"XU6ETESPTRB6RJLSFAYZ2FXEVU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695828},"type":"text","content":"Then they announced they were “Here to Stay” in September 2023 when the team, St. Petersburg and Pinellas County reached the broad outlines of a deal. Negotiations began, the contracts were tweaked and in July 2024, a majority of elected officials voted in favor of the terms. It looked like the impossible — the Rays committing to stay in Tampa Bay — had finally happened."},{"_id":"GKT7AMEGZNF75A7E5KEKGWUVQA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695829},"type":"text","content":"All that was needed were votes to issue bonds to finance the public contributions. Those votes appeared to be formalities."},{"_id":"N6ERLKZG65BOFL3OREF343N6AI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695830},"type":"text","content":"Then hurricanes Helene and Milton happened, delaying those votes. Milton tore the roof off Tropicana Field leaving the Rays without a home. The County Commission wanted to know where the Rays would play the 2025 season before voting on the Rays' funding in its first meeting after the storms. Hearing nothing from the team, the county voted to delay that vote."},{"_id":"UMG62PPLSRAH7FNSB2GGHCSMKA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695831},"type":"text","content":"That decision pushed the bond vote until after the November election. Two candidates who did not like the stadium terms were elected, and the vote got pushed again."},{"_id":"CH6GBYFSIRBGJB3EZKUEGDAUXI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695832},"type":"text","content":"Rays team presidents Matt Silverman and Brian Auld sent a letter to the commission saying it was understood by all parties that votes on stadium financing needed to happen before the election, and the delays had resulted in increased costs the team can no longer afford. They said all work on the project had been stopped."},{"_id":"OQKTVZNVYRDBTP7ZXWTZWGRQPE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695833},"type":"text","content":"Current County chairperson Brian Scott said that in a conversation before the original vote, Auld told him he was trying to hold the deal together amid revenue projections and cost estimates both moving in the wrong directions. Auld has since disputed the characterization of that conversation."},{"_id":"DFSSBIIMGNCB3MCJZMEJKPJR2A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1740502695834},"type":"text","content":"The city and the county have said neither government was obligated under the agreements to take out bonds, or approve doing so, by a deadline. 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