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What the hell are we talking about? A Rays Stadium explainer

As the December 31, 2018 deadline for the Rays to commit to a Hillsborough stadium location approaches, there is likely to be discussion about stadium plans and in particular stadium financing plans.

We saw some evidence of this in the November 16 announcement by Tampa Bay Rays 2020, the business organization encouraging private sector support for the stadium, regarding the pledged financial commitments they’ve gathered.

Their fumbled announcement led to some confusion about the support raised thus far, which DRaysBay covered in detail.

You can read the story in full here: Financial support for new Rays stadium in better shape than previously announced

Since we ran that story, there has been continued discussion about the status of new stadium finances, so some of our DRaysBay writers and editors have put our heads together to gather some questions Rays fans might have, and provided our best efforts to answer them.