By Gordon Byrd
Jun 22, 2021
ST. PETERSBURG, FL The future of the Tampa Bay Rays and Tropicana Field was the lead topic as nine candidates for mayor squared off in a virtual debate sponsored by the Tampa Bay Times and Spectrum Bay News 9.
All agreed that St. Petersburg can support a major league team. but apparently not all think it can do so full time. State Representative Wengay Newton says it would be okay for the Rays to play half their season in Montreal. Others, including Darden Rice, want to hear more about the Rays split-city plans.
A couple of the candidates, including Newton, directed comments at former Pinellas County commissioner Ken Welch, identified as the frontrunner in a recent poll with 20 percent support.
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