Tropicana Field Redevelopment

[lockmat]

http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/arti...x?storyid=71482

I don't know if anyone has any interest in this. I kind of do just b/c Hines has a good chance of being the developer.

They intend to tear down Tropicana Field and build a mixed-use area in place of it. This article mentions the pictures the city has been showing is of the ones Hines has done. I can't seem to find them though. Maybe someone has seen them already?

Edited January 10, 2008 by lockmat

[CDeb]

Tropicana Field is pretty new, isn't it? And they're talking about replacing it already?

[lockmat]

Tropicana Field is pretty new, isn't it? And they're talking about replacing it already?

I don't know if it's new or not. It looks pretty crappy on tv, at least the inside of it. I've never seen an outside view of it.

They're talking about building a new stadium on the water front.

[CDeb]

To answer my own question, it broke ground in 1986 and was finished in 1990. It sat empty for a while, was the home of the Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL) for a while (it was called the Thunderdome then) and then Tampa finally got an MLB team.

[lockmat]

To answer my own question, it broke ground in 1986 and was finished in 1990. It sat empty for a while, was the home of the Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL) for a while (it was called the Thunderdome then) and then Tampa finally got an MLB team.

Ahhh...never knew that. That must have been pretty weird to watch a hockey game in there. Thanks for the info. Hopefully the Rays will be history just like their stadium. I hate expansion.