https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2019/07/23/tampa-bay-rays-st-petersburg-leaders-to-meet-today-for-first-time-since-montreal-announcement/
Rays, St. Petersburg leaders stay mum about meeting
Team owner Stu Sternberg says he didn’t ask Mayor Rick Kriseman for permission to explore a split-season idea. So what did they talk about?
Rays leadership Matt Silverman, left, Brian Auld and Stu Sternberg walk into the Old St. Pete Police Headquarters for a meeting with Mayor Rick Kriseman on Tuesday, July 23, 2019 in St. Petersburg.
ST. PETERSBURG — In 90 minutes, it never came up.
Rays principal owner Stu Sternberg says he did not formally ask St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman during their meeting Tuesday if the mayor...
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Rays, St. Pete mayor to meet for first time since team’s 2-city proposal
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) – The Tampa Bay Rays owner and St. Peterburg’s mayor are expected to discuss the team’s future in their first meeting since the team’s controversial two-city plan has been on the table.
The Rays want to split their season between Tampa Bay and Montreal, but there’s been push back locally.
Both sides are scheduled to meet Tuesday afternoon.
There’s been tension for quite some time over what will happen to Tropicana Field and whether the city will allow the team to explore the idea of being a part-time team.
“This is not a page out of a playbook to gain leverage,” said team owner Stu Sternberg during a press conference last month. “We are focused on this plan. We are focused on how the Rays can thrive here in Tampa Bay. This is about Tampa Bay keeping its hometown team and Montreal having one as well.”
Sternberg said he’s trying to get creative and believes the split-city proposal is the best way to save baseball in Tampa Bay.
Low attendance has been an issue over the years. Sternberg said a large number of fans only come to one or two games a year.
Last month the Rays offered $5 tickets to five home games, but only two games sold out.
St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman said this split-city plan is no home run.
“Ultimately such a decision is up to me and I have no intention of bringing this idea to our City Council to consider,” said Kriseman during a press conference last month.
Kriseman wants the Rays to stay in Tampa Bay, but not like this.
The mayor said the city will not help fund a new stadium for a part-time team.
Some fans are worried about whether the team will actually be able to survive if this idea becomes reality.
“We’re already struggling to sink roots here cause a lot of people come from all over the places, so it’s hard to have an allegiance with the team. But how are you going to build that if it’s divided between two different cities,” said fan Ryan Hansard.
Tuesday’s meeting is scheduled for two hours at the temporary City Hall site in St. Petersburg.
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Rays meet with St. Petersburg Mayor to talk about future
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) – Rays principal owner Stu Sternberg met Tuesday with St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman to talk about the future of the team.
Neither man would say anything about the meeting after it was over, but it’s widely believed they discussed Sternberg’s plan to move the Tampa Bay Rays to Montreal for part of the season.
For fans like Katie Sproul, that’s not good news. “If they left all together that would just be terrible, what would they do with Tropicana Field?” said Sproul.
Sproul attended the very first home opener for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays March 31, 1998 against the Detroit Tigers. She has a photo of her father holding her up at the game.
“I was just a few weeks old of opening day,” said Sproul. She and her father have been to many Rays games since then. “The Rays have definitely been a big part of our life and our upbringing here in St. Pete,” said Sproul.
For business owners in the area, the Rays can bring in extra revenue during the season.
“When the Rays do play here at Tropicana field. There is tons of foot traffic. We see a little increase in numbers,” said Jeff Connelly with the Grass Roots Kava House, but for him it would not be the end of the world if the team left.
“I don’t think so at all. I believe that business is business and I feel that anyone that knows St. Pete and anybody that knows the district, people that want to visit, they will just come anyway,” said Connelly.
On his way out of the meeting, Sternberg said he plans to have more discussions with the mayor, but he did not say when that might be.
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Steele Some Time: Episode 9
AFTER A WEEK AWAY, STEELE SOME TIME IS BACK WITH PLENTY TO COVER!
After a week away, Steele Some Time is back with plenty to cover! First things first, Phoenix Rising FC earned its 10th win a row in Week 20, which leaves hosts Kelsi Steele and Scott Stewart left with one question: Is Phoenix the most dominant team of all-time? The hosts debate the hot take and check-in on the continual dominance of the Tampa Bay Rowdies.
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The Interest By Money People In Getting An MLS Expansion Franchise Is Mind Boggling
They like expansion money apparently.
The Major League Soccer All-Star Game is a week away but there will be plenty of action leading up to the event as investors line up in an attempt to get into the league. Apparently, there are a bunch of well-heeled individuals who are ready to spend money to buy a Major League Soccer expansion franchise and park it in Las Vegas or Raleigh or Detroit or Charlotte or Indianapolis or Phoenix. All are vying for the MLS’s 30th franchise. The wooing of MLS owners is ongoing. The MLS decided in 2017 to increase the size of the league from 24 teams to 28 franchises. Despite having problems finding cities, the league added Austin, Cincinnati and Nashville. The league then decided that it didn’t have to stop at 28 teams, why not add two more? There is a thought that Sacramento and St. Louis will get the 28th and 29th teams. But the question for MLS Commissioner Don Garber is why the sudden interest in Las Vegas or Charlotte or Phoenix or Detroit or Indianapolis when those cities didn’t make the 2017 expansion cut? The answer seems to be money as investors in those cities are ready to spend it on joining the MLS.
Indianapolis, flush with state money for a stadium, is in the mix for that sixth franchise. The Indy 11 soccer franchise currently is a member of the second tier United Soccer League. The Indy 11 franchise ownership group, without state money for a stadium in 2017, applied to join the MLS during the league’s hunt to add four teams but was passed over. The league may not stop at 30 teams, with all of the big moneyed people around, the MLS could go to 32 teams. All of this interest in the MLS seems a bit strange in contrast to Garber saying the league has to change its business model and become a seller’s league.
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MLS expansion side Austin FC name Wolff as first-ever head coach
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Sporting Legend Josh Wolff named head coach of MLS expansion club Austin FC
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Parkview grad Josh Wolff officially announced as head coach of MLS' Austin FC
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Landon Donovan to highlight esports contest at MLS All Star Game
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Soccer! There’s a Revolution going on in New England
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Josh Wolff Announced as Austin FC’s First Head Coach
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Wolff named head coach of MLS expansion team
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3 Revolution players named to MLS Team of the Week
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Parkview grad Josh Wolff named first head coach for MLS expansion team Austin FC
Josh Wolff is a graduate of Parkview High School in Gwinnett County. He becomes the first head coach for Austin FC.
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https://www.espn.com/soccer/major-league-soccer/story/3905236/austin-fc-hires-ex-us-player-wolff-as-coach
Austin FC hires ex-U.S. player Wolff as coach
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Austin FC names Josh Wolff as first head coach
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MLS Week 20 Player Rankings: New England Revolution dominate list with four players
Antonio Delamea, Teal Bunbury, Gustavo Bou and Carles Gil are all featured in the Week 20 MLS Player Rankings
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mls/2019/07/23/josh-wolff-to-be-1st-head-coach-of-austin-fc/39797409/
Josh Wolff named first head coach of Major League Soccer expansion team Austin FC
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Front Row: Rowdies vs. Saint Louis FC - July 20, 2019
Tampa Bay Rowdies
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