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May 20, 2010
Even still yet another half-baked Rays stadium plan emerges
This should give the Tampa Tribune headline fodder for months to come: A seven-person investment team called "BuildItDowntownTampa" says it's looking to buy land in downtown Tampa for a Rays stadium.
Among the things the new group doesn't have: a stadium financing plan, a way around St. Petersburg's threatened lawsuit to hold the team to its current lease, spaces in its name, or people who are willing to be publicly identified as the seven investors.
It does, however, have a website, and a press release. And do you really need any more than that to get major media coverage?
Neil
I think you'll find that all the major local media covered this event, including local television, not just the Tampa Tribune. In fact, in our next-day print story about a County Commission hearing on the stadium issue, we didn't include mention of the BuilditDowntownTampa proposal until the jump page.
Regards
Michael Sasso
The Tampa Tribune
Neil
I think you'll find that all the major local media covered this event, including local television, not just the Tampa Tribune. In fact, in our next-day print story about a County Commission hearing on the stadium issue, we didn't include mention of the BuilditDowntownTampa proposal until the jump page.
Regards
Michael Sasso
The Tampa Tribune
Neil
I think you'll find that all the major local media covered this event, including local television, not just the Tampa Tribune. In fact, in our next-day print story about a County Commission hearing on the stadium issue, we didn't include mention of the BuilditDowntownTampa proposal until the jump page.
Regards
Michael Sasso
The Tampa Tribune