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St. Petersburg Approves $6.5M Plan to Clean Up Rays' Tropicana Field After Hurricane

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The city of St. Petersburg City Council voted on Thursday to approve a pair of clean-up and restoration projects for the Tampa Bay Rays' Tropicana Field in the wake of the damage suffered during Hurricane Milton, according to the Associated Press.

Those contracts will cost the city around $6.5 million.

"We need to act quickly to protect the building from further damage," Rob Gerdes, the city's administrator, said on Thursday.

One of the contracts was awarded to BMS CAT to the tune of $3.