The Rays stadium search has long circled around the dream of building in downtown Tampa, with possible water and city skyline views. The downtown core, however, is densely packed, but looking at a map (below), there just so happens to be a gap between Downtown Tampa (orange box) and Ybor City (blue box) that begs for revitalization.
This area (the red box below) is commonly referred to as Tampa Park, which is the name for the low-income housing complex between 7th and Nuccio Parkway in this area, and it’s there the Rays may be focusing their search for a new stadium.