TAMPA — Baseball fans are often lauded as the lifeblood of the game.
The less romantic reality is that corporations and businesses account for roughly two-thirds of season tickets at most major-league baseball ballparks.
That’s a benchmark that has eluded the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field, where only one-third of season tickets are bought by companies. As part of their search for a new ballpark site, the Rays will launch an initiative in the coming weeks with the St. Petersburg and Tampa Chambers of Commerce to learn what businesses small and large want and how they value Major League Baseball, team President Brian Auld told the Tribune on Friday.