Tampa Bay Rays CEO Ken Babby , part of the Major League Baseball team’s new ownership group, said leaders are considering “a handful” of sites for a new stadium and related development in the Tampa Bay region, the Tampa Bay Times reported .

But details on what those sites are continue to be elusive.

Speaking to the Times at MLB’s winter meetings in Orlando, Babby said he was confident that if the team identified a good public/private partnership, a new stadium could be ready for the 2029 season.

The Rays are currently set to continue playing at Tropicana Field through the 2028 season. That’s a one-year extension on the team’s original 2027 deadline that was implemented after the Rays had to play elsewhere for the 2025 season while Tropicana Field was repaired following massive r

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