As part of a plan to attract the Rays or a possible MLB expansion franchise to Orlando, a group led by Magic co-founder Pat Williams unveiled artist renderings on Tuesday for a proposed new baseball stadium, which would cost an estimated $1.7 billion to construct.
In a press release, the group—known as Orlando City Baseball Dreamers—called for $700 million in private funding, which would be the biggest private investment for a publicly owned MLB stadium.
Orlando is located about 100 miles from St. Petersburg, the home of Tropicana Field, where the Rays currently play. The franchise has called “the Trop” home since its inaugural season in 1998.
