TAMPA — The group of local officials and businessman who meet periodically with the Tampa Bay Rays were supposed to gather Friday to discuss the team’s potential move to Hillsborough County. But the meeting was cancelled.
At least, that’s what the Tampa Bay Times was told when it asked Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn’s office if it was still on.
It turns out, though, that the two elected officials who sit on that group, Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn and Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan, still met separately with Rays brass last week, the Times has learned.
Buckhorn and Hagan said they didn’t anticipate speaking with Rays officials last week but team owner Stuart Sternberg was in town and wanted to sit down with both.