Tampa stadium group asks Selig to
intervene for Rays
A group pushing for a downtown Tampa stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays is seeking help
from the commissioner of Major League Baseball.
BuildItDowntownTampa calls itself a coalition of fans concerned about...
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Tampa stadium group asks Selig to
intervene for Rays
A group pushing for a downtown Tampa stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays is seeking help
from the commissioner of Major League Baseball.
BuildItDowntownTampa calls itself a coalition of fans concerned about the team s future
in the Tampa area.
It surfaced two years ago by announcing it was studying the feasibility
of a new ballpark, but it never has revealed its members or whether it has funding.
On Wednesday, the group s executive director, Ryan Neubauer, said he sent a letter to
baseball Commissioner Bud Selig urging him to intervene in the Rays standoff with St.
Petersburg.
In the letter, BuildItDowntownTampa asks the commissioner to make Major League
Baseball s position on the stadium debate known and assign a three-person stadium
committee to review it.
"While we are not trying to get involved with the contractual lease issues between the
Rays and the city of St.
Petersburg, we do believe that when those lease issues are
reso
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