While this may come as a shock to many, it really shouldn’t. The Tampa Bay Rays have seemingly forever been linked to Montreal, and now with attendance a bigger problem than ever before and the Ybor stadium site falling through, we should have expected these discussions to come up eventually.
The Tampa Bay Rays received permission from Major League Baseball’s executive council to explore a plan in which they would play early-season home games in the Tampa Bay area and the remainder of the year in Montreal, sources familiar with the situation told ESPN.
Here is a synopsis of the plan that Passan went on to explain:
- Both teams would play in new stadiums in both Montreal and Tampa
- The Rays would play their early season games in Tampa which would alleviate the need for new stadium to have a dome.