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Originally Posted by Silent George
As a central Fla resident:
The location (for driving) is absolutely terrible
The location (for leisure) is absolutely terrible.
The stadium for watching is ok
The stadium for enjoying the stadium sucks
The stadium for field conditions has to be the worst in baseball. That turf…
and of course, as an aside, the tv blackouts are absurd.
The rays literally have a better spring training site in Tampa, which is why attendance is pretty comparable for fake baseball.
The drive makes it untenable for me to visit regularly. Anyone who commutes to a normal 7PM game is forced to deal with Tampa rush hour traffic from 95% of wherever you’re coming from. And they’re at the very end of a host of busy interstates.
And I’m not joking when I tell you that, at least a few years ago, the closest leisurely thing to do around the stadium was a holocaust memorial. There’s nothing resembling a Battery or Wrigleyville or Ballpark Village.
Fixing all of the bottom items would be good, and make everything more enjoyable. But I still can’t justify actually getting there.
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Spot on as a Tampa resident myself. Although, downtown St. Pete and the area surrounding the Trop as been revived the last few years and Ferg's has been there all along.
But yea, location is the issue as it might as well be on an island and there is no direct route to the stadium. Bridge -> Interstate -> Backed up side streets. Then pay $20 for parking.
They should have gone with the Ybor/Channelside site as it works for the Lightning.
Regardless, Stu is a POS and is trying everything to not pay for a new stadium even though he didn't build the current one in the first place.