In the never-ending efforts to find a plot of land in the Tampa Bay area for a new stadium that can make everybody happy, The Tampa Bay Times, brings us a column titled, “Could hunt for stadium lead Tampa Bay Rays to … Oldsmar?”
Oldmar? Well, that’s an interesting new twist. But once you move past the kumbaya fluff, there is actually a simple reason it won’t work.
On the surface though, it does sound enticing. Tampa Bay Downs owns 120 acres of undeveloped land across the street. 120 acres? The Rays have said themselves that they only have to have 20 acres.