Tampa and Hillsborough County leaders may, once again, be ready to play ball with the Rays as the team and Pinellas County leaders remain at odds over the new stadium deal. The Rays will play the 2025 season at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa due to damages on Tropicana Field from Hurricane Milton.

In a letter to the Pinellas County Commission chair, the team says the agreements to build a new ballpark remain "in effect” for the time being.

The Tampa Bay Rays and Pinellas County clash over a new stadium, with disputes about commitments and agreement interpretations ongoing.

The President of the Tampa Bay Rays has sent a response letter to the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners following the letter to the baseball team last week.

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The Tampa Bay Rays should declare in writing whether they want to pursue an existing financing plan for a new $1.3 billion ballpark or walk away from the deal.

The Tampa Bay Rays sent a letter to Pinellas County commissioners on Saturday in response to Pinellas County Commission Chair Kathleen Peters's letter to the team last week, giving them a December 1 deadline to decide whether they still want to move forward with plans for a new ballpark.

Rays President Matt Silverman took issue with some of the statements made by elected officials in the weeks after the stadium deal was thrown into limbo.

The Tampa Bay Rays sent a response letter to the Pinellas County Commission on Friday, giving a little more information on the future of the new stadium deal.