If you have been reading about the Rays/Hines redevelopment proposal that will include a new baseball stadium, you are likely to see many comparisons to Atlanta’s Truist (earlier Suntrust) Park and its surrounding development, called The Battery. Both are mixed use developments with shopping, restaurants, a hotel and apartments, anchored by a baseball stadium. With Truist Park representing one of the most recently built ballparks, comparisons are natural. (For example, Michael Harrison of Hines makes that comparison in this John Romano article)
So is the goal of our Tropicana Field redevelopment to emulate the Truist Park/Battery development?