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John Romano

John Romano: Suddenly, Tampa has plenty of Rays stadiums it can’t afford

TAMPA, Fla. — Somewhere, in archives of the future, there is a drawer filled with Tampa Bay’s ballpark renderings. The original waterfront park that was not to be in St. Pete. The current pavilion concept at the Tropicana Field site. The first foray into Ybor City. Then the second. And, now, the third.

We love us some architects in Tampa Bay but, apparently, are not so hospitable to accountants and contractors.

Which explains why, nearly a year after the sister city concept with Montreal was quashed, we are swimming in pie-in-the-sky designs on both sides of the bay.

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