Stadium & Name Planning of Rays New Stadium in St. Petersburg

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00:00 Sports Press Rick Harwin, selling a 1.3 trillion dollar business of sports with your daily numbers

00:05 game. Well, 1.38 billion, that's the number of the new stadium cost in St. Petersburg,

00:12 half public, half private. So it said, hammering out the final details on all of the lease items,

00:19 raised President John Auld appears before the council on one little issue, the naming of the

00:25 team. Under no circumstances does it become the St. Petersburg raise, he said, and seems to get

00:31 backing off from the politicians. They're looking at ways to enhance the brand short of the naming,

00:37 maybe the naming of the stadium, but let's remember the Rays have exclusive naming rights for

00:42 their ability to come up with their portion of the contribution. So it stays Tampa Bay,

00:48 probably look for Pinellas County Park, St. Petersburg Field, a whole host of other possibilities

00:55 short of the name of the franchise. Sports Press Rick Harwin, Daily Numbers Game.