" I’m a lot less worried about the name that we assigned to the pit that we throw public funds down and a lot more worried about the fact that we’re throwing public money down this pit in the first place."
A proposal to include changing the Tampa Bay Rays’ name to the St. Petersburg Rays as part of a publicly financed stadium and redevelopment deal got a rebranding on Thursday.
City Council member Gina Driscoll changed her proposal to instead ask Mayor Ken Welch’s administration for a report on the ways the city and the Rays could “elevate St. Petersburg.” While that could include renaming the team after the city, the language approved no longer prescribes the way to make it happen, with other examples discussed including renaming the stadium, though the Rays have exclusive naming rights.
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