{"id":46209,"date":"2025-11-14T06:56:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T06:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/46209\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T06:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T06:56:10","slug":"tropicana-field-repairs-near-completion-after-hurricane-milton-damage-95-3-wdae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/46209\/","title":{"rendered":"Tropicana Field Repairs Near Completion After Hurricane Milton Damage | 95.3 WDAE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>St. Petersburg, FL &#8211; Repair work at Tropicana Field is progressing quickly after Hurricane Milton caused major structural damage to the stadium\u2019s roof in 2024. <\/p>\n<p>City officials confirmed that 20 of the 24 new roof panels have been installed, with the remaining panels expected to be in place within the next week. <\/p>\n<p>The City of St. Petersburg anticipates completing all repairs by the end of February, well before the Tampa Bay Rays\u2019 scheduled home opener on April 6th, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The storm left the dome unplayable, forcing the Rays to spend the 2025 season at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa. <\/p>\n<p>Under a 1995 agreement, St. Petersburg is required to maintain Tropicana Field in playable condition for the team. <\/p>\n<p>Ryan Gorman and Dana McKay cover this story and more on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/house-votes-to-reopen-government-new-charges-in-ybor\/id1606462932?i=1000736611992\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Ryan Gorman Show<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>Officials said the city\u2019s repair budget stands at $59.7 million, covering roof replacement, interior restoration, and safety upgrades.<\/p>\n<p>Insurance has provided $7.65 million in reimbursement, and discussions continue with FEMA for additional funding.<\/p>\n<p>Interior renovations include drywall, ceiling tiles, and lighting installations, as well as repairs to locker rooms, concession areas, and the scoreboard.<\/p>\n<p>The Rays are handling updates to certain team facilities, including the stingray touch tank.<\/p>\n<p>Once construction concludes, the city plans to conduct full air-quality testing throughout the stadium before reopening.<\/p>\n<p>City representatives and team officials have met weekly to coordinate the project, which remains on schedule.<\/p>\n<p>The Rays are expected to return to Tropicana Field for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St. Petersburg, FL &#8211; Repair work at Tropicana Field is progressing quickly after Hurricane Milton caused major structural&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[29881,1178,1802,5204,29882,29880,11277,202,204,203,199,201,200,7781,8125,1328],"class_list":["post-46209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-completion","tag-damage","tag-hurricane-milton","tag-project","tag-repair-work","tag-repairs","tag-roof","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-stadium","tag-tropicana-field","tag-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}