Colleen Wright
@Colleen_Wright
☀️ St. Petersburg reporter @tb_times. Florida born, raised, educated3️⃣0️⃣5️⃣ @TheAlligator alum+board member🐊 @miamiherald fam🏝 she/her. [email protected]
Fully updated @TB_Times story on #Rays engaging in sale discussions with group led by Jacksonville developer, with info on location, stadium and staff plans, plus news of a 2nd group hoping to bid. tampabay.com/sports/rays/20…
Between approving a termination agreement, more repairs to a storm-ravaged Tropicana Field and “good faith” license agreements with the Rays, the council’s agenda Thursday showed how much has changed in a year. This story will be updated. tampabay.com/news/st-peters…
The St. Petersburg City Council voted unanimously to approve a termination agreement, legally ending the stadium and redevelopment deal with the Tampa Bay Rays and Hines. Up next: A vote to approve $5.2 million for electrical and lighting repairs at the Trop Story to come.
ICYMI: The prospective buyers of the Tampa Bay Rays reportedly want a stadium in Tampa or Hillsborough County Where could they go? We looked at five potential sites and listed the pros and cons of each one⬇️ tampabay.com/news/real-esta…
Patrick Zalupski is clearly getting closer to buying #Rays - enough to sit with commissioner Manfred Monday, and to be completing documents for MLB as part of sale process tampabay.com/sports/rays/20…
Ybor Harbor is back in play as a potential Tampa Bay Rays stadium site. Read why Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan calls the shipyard "the leader in the clubhouse" of potential sites. tampabay.com/news/tampa/202…
Patrick Zalupski is clearly getting closer to buying #Rays - enough to sit with commissioner Manfred Monday, and to be completing documents for MLB as part of sale process tampabay.com/sports/rays/20…
MLB’s Manfred on potential sale of #Rays by Sternberg to Zalupski group, including Monday report that there was agreement in principle: “I have no reason to quibble with or dispute the reports that are out there.”
Rays sale expected to be finalized by September with the team expected to stay in Tampa Bay, the Athletic reports tampabay.com/sports/rays/20…
St. Petersburg officials want to make the city’s divorce from the Tampa Bay Rays official and move on from the dead stadium deal. That could free up land for redevelopment, perhaps for a convention center. tampabay.com/news/st-peters…
Come nerd out with me over Rays stadium and St. Pete news tomorrow at Bean Wandering in St. Pete!
Tampa Bay was mostly spared from Gov. Ron DeSantis' veto pen. St. Pete projects that did get funding: - $1.05 mil for the Manhattan Casino renovations - $1 mil for a new stormwater pump station, water channels and elevated roads in Shore Acres tampabay.com/news/florida-p…
There's more than one offer on the table to buy the Rays Earlier this month, a group led by a Memphis hedge fund founder made a cash offer. He said he's prepared to compete He went on the record with me. Read all about it in our latest update⬇️ tampabay.com/sports/rays/20…
BREAKING: #Rays confirm they are in talks "concerning a possible sale of the team.” tampabay.com/sports/rays/20…
Breaking: What's next for Tropicana Field? Maybe a convention center. tampabay.com/news/st-peters…
BREAKING: #Rays confirm they are in talks "concerning a possible sale of the team.” tampabay.com/sports/rays/20…