{"id":645688,"date":"2026-05-16T00:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T00:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/645688\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T00:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T00:24:08","slug":"rays-local-leaders-celebrate-first-step-in-stadium-deal-talks-tampa-bay-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/645688\/","title":{"rendered":"Rays, local leaders celebrate \u2018first step\u2019 in stadium deal talks &#8211; Tampa Bay Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxPWkxyblR1NHFBUWxaNmN5Q0NUV054ZmZZYlRPekZ4NFA3YUZfLUJJT0ZwQWs3T3czclBOLXY0ek5admZDZXgzVGZTWmtpS0FYYmtYbHJZWXRWYWpNNjZvN1ZKWE5PLURZb0ZZdUVHNEM3YzEydG9Ja0xFT1R5WUhPYlhRRnlleEF1Y1M5Y1pmVU9SZVkxVC1MTHZQRU1aT3pXdVlneUhYbV91QQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rays, local leaders celebrate \u2018first step\u2019 in stadium deal talks<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Tampa Bay Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxONXM4V1NVekhHbjVBVUdPeW9XOEtSaXZpQUJoT0hkZnVEYzJVaUtDMFZ3MWxNRjFidG1odjA2WXFrV054dHlIWjFtN2lRRkE5M1NoNmV1QVoyMmhfSTEtOGwtN0RtLUIwT291MnNlYXgza2dUSjNHbkdlSDlFY3Y0RlNhSWRld3ZlWUxyM2FBQW5HWkgxMFgwOTJZWnpqcXBrMUdF?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rays, local officials reach tentative deal for ballpark in Tampa<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ESPN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxOYXpMazdyZjBrMUUwQ2NYNENxdkJpNndIQU5OODlMZ2Q4Y3E3dW1xcko2REVraTVIN0k1MUplU2thVXJVVnRyUW9LRE83WU14dEgtZGpKTFZYU0xVYTRBS2NYUUZvNThRb2kzeHM2M0tnYmc4WGhXa2VaZWZzQmJOZ2hHT3FGaGR3dkHSAZYBQVVfeXFMTVBKVWVKUG94cVdaSUt2VWtCTTl2TU1LV3FUamVFYXgzTXlLVHlnd1psSWlFRjduY25BcWJrVW0xTWo5TUFvS09CWF95aHJMelV1SE9MTWM3UVdxdHVNbVlkY09OMDRueEd6WC1kMnVXOWx3a0o5bDRvVXFZYldQaENVREtfbzhOVFhzOUUwREJtU09LNHhB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Preliminary agreement for new ballpark a &#8216;monumental step&#8217; for Rays, Tampa<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;MLB.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxPMmJSZi1hVEg1TTdVaGVJS19tLUJacWNXaVJLc3NITF9JRkVBQnZJenFJYTgxOFg0QjNBZzBiRzE0cXlUQzc0M1p2aXk1MWtIRFVXLXNTeU1DOEpBVVVqSDFYZ3ZzQ3VuMGRwTU1WZS1qbEdEMjdNODRRZUVteGcwd0pGWG10ZFhzUTdRY2hCeGFSNmJxc0N5Vno0SWhRb3Y0S3IwcTRVOXNCZ9IBrwFBVV95cUxQeVJhWF85REhleEprWm56Z09mYmJHQXhtM19INWRBbnhIbjhZbzdlREFwbTlmOEd6N3NzQ1JPdmJEaHhPZ05uaV9DMEtyQ0tXczNKNTBVSjk1WmRUUEt5NU91eDQ2UzJ0LXVvYmplcnU0X2NHc0lfako4SHRiYy1na2lXUVVHMng1bE1nNDFUazlTdG1CRGt3YzU5WENNT2JCWXUwRDY2ZVRoRTRtQ21V?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rays, city of Tampa and Hillsborough County agree on new funding deal for $2.3B proposed stadium<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;FOX 13 Tampa Bay<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxQM1NmYWFIMXBMTnVkWlBxX1ZNWnpqUWtGYWZRVEswRnRvTTRBWUt2dmpzSG9nUTY0d0d5X1Itc0RBTUFOSnJsdm9naVNuX3ZOM0VKT1JRYWhJUnlra2dxR3Y0aHBqMmhsczdFT3lLSThXSnFCdGNVQzdPR2lWc0hZUkxaYlZsNHU4RW9ObjJuUlAxdk9lNENnbA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rays, area officials follow up on stadium memorandum of understanding<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Spectrum Bay News 9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rays, local leaders celebrate \u2018first step\u2019 in stadium deal talks&nbsp;&nbsp;Tampa Bay TimesRays, local officials reach tentative deal for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":645689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[11148,39851,197680,205,176796,17932,202,17930,11147,11146,11150,54739,57407,77075,99],"class_list":["post-645688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-section-business","tag-section-clearwater","tag-section-community-news","tag-section-florida","tag-section-florida-politics","tag-section-hillsborough","tag-section-news","tag-section-pinellas","tag-section-rays","tag-section-sports","tag-section-st-petersburg","tag-section-tampa","tag-section-the-education-gradebook","tag-section-transportation","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}