The Tampa Bay Rays received permission from Major League Baseball’s executive council Thursday to explore playing splitting home games in the Tampa Bay area and Montreal, the team announced.
The Rays have embraced the two-city solution as the most feasible to saving baseball in the Tampa Bay area after years of failed attempts to build a new stadium in the region, ESPN reported.
The plan would face several significant hurdles before being implemented, likely not until 2023 or so, the Tampa Bay Times reported.
The Rays have a deal to play all of their home games at Tropicana Field in St.