New Renderings Of Proposed St. Pete Stadium Revealed By Tampa Bay Rays
ST. PETERSBURG, FL — The Tampa Bay Rays have released updated renderings of their proposed baseball stadium to be built in St. Petersburg’s Historic Gas Plant District. The Rays, working with developers Hines, were chosen last year to redevelop 86 acres in the district, including Tropicana Field, the team’s current stadium.The team said in a news release that their “new home will be Major League Baseball’s most intimate ballpark, bringing the outside inside with windows, porches and an innovative design.”The St. Petersburg City Council is slated to discuss the stadium plans at a June 12 meeting. Both the city council and the Pinellas County Commission are expected to vote on the ballpark and development agreements with the teams in July, the Rays said. If these are approved by the city and county, the new $1.3-billion stadium will break ground in January and be ready for opening day in 2028, the team said.Designed by ballpark design firm Populous, the stadium will be a central feature in the Historic Gas Plant District’s redevelopment, serving as the anchor. The full redevelopment of the neighborhood will span more than 8 million square feet, including more than 5,000 residential units, 600 affordable/workforce housing units on site and another 650 units elsewhere in the city, 1.4 million square feet of office/medical space, and 750 hotel rooms.The stadium itself will have a capacity of about 30,000 and boast a three-deck design with various seating types, including premium clubs and suits, flexible viewing areas, decks, and social gathering spaces. “Our baseball park will be the most intimate and inviting in the sport,” Matt Silverman, president of the Rays, said. “The park is designed to bring our fans as close to the field as possible, to create a distinctive, compelling game experience.”The planned stadium is inspired by pavilion design and will feature a fixed roof, large windows that wrap around the building, and doorways and terraces that connect the indoors and outdoors, the team said. Porches will also play a key role in the venue’s design with a nod to the area’s history, the Rays said. “The front porch historically played an integral social role in the former Gas Plant neighborhood and across St. Petersburg.” The ballpark’s front porch will open up to a main plaza acting as a community gathering space within the district.“Designing this next-generation major league ballpark and development together within the heart of a great city is something that has never been done before,” said Populous Principal Architect Zach Allee, Populous’ principal architect, said. “The opportunity to do something unique, innovative and authentic for St. Petersburg and Tampa Bay Rays fans is truly exciting.” The article New Renderings Of Proposed St. Pete Stadium Revealed By Tampa Bay Rays appeared first on St. Pete, FL Patch.
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