ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays pulled back the curtains on Tuesday afternoon to reveal their plans for a new ballpark in Ybor City, adding excitement to the quest to build a home in Tampa for future generations of baseball fans.
Principal owner Stu Sternberg highlighted the contingent of dignitaries at The Italian of Tampa that put on display the renderings for a next-generation neighborhood ballpark with all the bells and whistles.
Sternberg called the facility "an amazing building" and "an amazing space."
Highlights of the "intimate" ballpark that will have just 28,216 fixed seats include a fixed translucent roof, upper decks that extend only as far as the bases and sliding-glass exterior walls to "bring the outside in.