The Tampa Bay Rays will abandon ambitious plans to build a $450 million baseball stadium on the downtown waterfront in four years and instead get more people involved in assessing other locations, the team announced Wednesday. ...more

June 26, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG — The Tampa Bay Rays announced this afternoon that they will abandon their ambitious plans to build a $450 million stadium on the downtown waterfront by 2012. Rays President Matt Silverman said at a news conference the team will no longer seek a November referendum on the new ballpark the team proposed seven months ago for the site of Progress Energy Park, home of Al Lang Field. ...more

June 25, 2008

Saddlebrook Resort owner Tom Dempsey and Pasco County officials still are finalizing a management and construction contract for the Pasco National Tennis Stadium. ...more

May 20, 2008

Mayor Pam Iorio is proposing to use tourist tax dollars to fund the flagging streetcar system, owned by the city and county transit agency. The streetcar "has a strong connection to tourist development. There's no question about that," Iorio said. ...more

February 20, 2008

SARASOTA - The City Council in Goodyear, Ariz., approved an agreement Monday locking the city and the Cincinnati Reds into exclusive negotiations for 75 days. ...more

January 29, 2008

More than five years after the county commission agreed to build a tennis stadium in Wesley Chapel with Saddlebrook Resort, the parties still are at odds on key issues. ...more

January 9, 2008

DADE CITY - More than five years after the county commission agreed to build a tennis stadium in Wesley Chapel with Saddlebrook Resort, the parties still are at odds on key issues. ...more

January 8, 2008

Once upon a time, long before John Gallagher acquired his asterisk (*longest serving county administrator in Pasco County history), he and a group of influential Pasco personalities performed an elaborate mating dance with the aides of George Steinbrenner and the New York Yankees. ...more

November 20, 2007

A legal snag might prevent Pasco County from using impact fee revenue and some tax money to build a multipurpose sports facility. ...more

October 23, 2007

Michael Cox has the blessing of his fellow Pasco County commissioners to make a new pitch for a multipurpose sports complex. ...more

September 26, 2007