Rays To Play At Yankees’ Minor League Stadium After Hurricane Destroys Tropicana Field

The Tampa Bay Rays have a brand new residence for the 2025 season … the workforce simply introduced it will be enjoying in a minor league ballpark subsequent yr — after Hurricane Milton ravaged Tropicana Field in October.

Rays proprietor Stuart Sternberg stated in a press release Thursday that he, the MLB, and the Yankees reached an settlement this week that may enable his squad to maneuver into the Pinstripes’ Steinbrenner Field in Tampa for the foreseeable future.

Sternberg thanked the Rays’ rival org. for the hospitality … calling New York’s serving to hand gracious.

Tampa Bay, in fact, was on the hunt for a brand new residence stadium in ’25 … after Milton induced extreme injury to the roof of the Trop — the place the Rays have performed since 1998.

Steinbrenner Field is often utilized by the Yankees for spring coaching motion … and through common season play, NY’s low-A affiliate, the Tampa Tarpons, have known as it residence.

The Tarpons will now reportedly play on different fields on the venue’s complicated whereas the Rays arrange store.

Steinbrenner Field seats round 11,000 … however in response to the Associated Press, the workforce solely averaged round 16,500 spectators in 2024 at Tropicana Field.

In a press release, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred stated he was happy with the state of affairs … writing, “This outcome meets Major League Baseball’s goals that Rays fans will see their team play next season in their home market and that their players can remain home without disruption to their families.”