Which stadium site would lure you to more Rays games?

Should the future home of the Tampa Bay Rays be in downtown Tampa? Or the West Shore district? Or even the fairgrounds in eastern Hillsborough County? Those three options — along with potential sites in downtown St. Petersburg and mid Pinellas County — are all being considered by a panel studying whether the Rays should leave Tropicana Field for a new home.

Which site would you choose?

West Shore Boulevard
Keep the Trop, no need for a new stadium
Downtown Tampa
Fairgrounds
Downtown St. Petersburg
Carillon area

Baseball chat at noon Friday

There's been a whole lot of baseball business news in the past few days. Rays president Matt Silverman publicly questioned the viability of the Tampa Bay baseball market. And now a group studying locations for a potential new stadium, are eyeing three different sites in Hillsborough County. Let's get into it starting at noon Friday. - Aaron Sharockman, Times Staff Writer

Study on renovating the Trop should come this month

Meant to post this earlier, but I got caught up in other things. Rays VP Michael Kalt says the team's analysis of what it would take, and how much it would cost, to renovate Tropicana Field likely will be released this month.

The report was expected to come in May, but the group A Baseball Community canceled its monthly meeting. The Rays say they are using the extra time to produce a more thorough report.

The next ABC meeting is scheduled June 15. (Of course, that's when I'm on vacation. Sigh).

Aaron Sharockman, Times Staff Writer