The prospect of installing a new roof atop Tropicana Field comes at a difficult time for local governments, which are already committed to building a new Rays stadium in time for the 2028 season.
So whatever investment is put into Tropicana Field now would be used by the Rays for only three more seasons.
A rep for the company that installed the stadium’s roof, Geiger Engineers, did not return messages from NBC News seeking comment Thursday.
That roof was “well past its intended service life,” Geiger Engineers principal David Campbell told the newspaper.
Tropicana Field opened to the public in 1990 and still had its original roof.
Persons:
Councilmember Gina Driscoll, Ann Heisenfelt, Emily Guglielmo, Guglielmo, ”, David Campbell
Organizations:
Tropicana Field, Tampa Bay Rays, MLB, Rays, Tropicana, NBC, Minnesota Vikings, St, American Society of Civil Engineers, Committee, Colorado Rockies, Geiger Engineers, The New York Times, ” Geiger Engineers
Locations:
Hurricane Milton, St, Petersburg, Tampa Bay, Minneapolis, California, America