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Keeping up with the news can be daunting. Here are some articles from the St. Petersburg Times on the topic that may be of interest to you.

Central site is urged for Rays

By Stephen Nohlgren, Times Staff Writer

Published Monday, January 25, 2010

ST. PETERSBURG — The Tampa Bay Rays need a new, centrally located baseball stadium and planning should begin soon, a group of business and community leaders declared Monday.

The 11-member ABC Coalition, which has studied the stadium issue for 18 months, approved its final report Monday, which it hopes to present to St. Petersburg and Pinellas County officials over the next few weeks.

The report has no legal standing and acknowledges that a sour economy and scarce tax revenues preclude construction anytime soon. Read more.

Report on new stadium refused

By Stephen Nohlgren, Times Staff Writer

Published Thursday, January 28, 2010

ST. PETERSBURG — A decades-old rift between Pinellas and Hillsborough counties over Major League Baseball has once again bubbled to the fore.

For 18 months, a committee of community movers and shakers has studied whether the Tampa Bay Rays need a new stadium. Calling themselves the ABC Coalition, the group took on the project at the request of St. Petersburg's mayor.

Now they want to present their findings, but St. Petersburg's current mayor and City Council refuse to listen. Read more.