{"id":670384,"date":"2026-05-28T16:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/670384\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T16:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:05:08","slug":"buccaneers-want-a-major-renovation-to-raymond-james-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/670384\/","title":{"rendered":"Buccaneers want a major renovation to Raymond James Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"

As more new stadiums are built and existing stadiums are renovated, there will always be a next wave of aging stadiums to be replaced or revamped.<\/p>\n

In Tampa, the local NFL team is hoping for a massive overhaul of a stadium that opened in 1998.<\/p>\n

Via Colleen Wright of the Tampa Bay Times, Tampa Sports Authority President and CEO Eric Hart said he expects the Buccaneers to seek a renovation that will cost between $700 million and $1.3 billion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Buccaneers reportedly have floated the notion of footing the bill for one third of the expenses, with the public picking up the rest of the tab.<\/p>\n

Complicating the situation is the fact that a new stadium for the MLB\u2019s Tampa Bay Rays will impact the capacity to devote taxpayer money to a renovation of the football stadium. Via Emma Behrmann of the Tampa Bay Business Journal, the baseball venue is expected to include $976 million in public funding<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While the renovation will be pricey, it\u2019s always more expensive to build a new stadium. The real question is the extent to which a major renovation will extend the overall life of the facility. At some point, it will make more sense to just build something new.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the way it will continue to go. As better stadiums are built in other cities, pressure will build on other teams to do the same. It\u2019s a cycle that will continue for as long as the NFL remains the powerhouse product it has become.<\/p>\n

Or until enough cities and states refuse to do it, even if (for some) that entails a risk that the franchise will relocate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As more new stadiums are built and existing stadiums are renovated, there will always be a next wave…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670385,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-670384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670384","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=670384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}