Major League Baseball on Monday announced changes to the Tampa Bay Rays’ 2025 schedule to mitigate the potential impact of weather on outdoor games at Steinbrenner Field, where the team will move to Tropicana Field, its usual home park, next. season due to damage. made. , last month.
Instead of hosting the Los Angeles Angels as scheduled in August, the Rays will now host the series April 8-10. The Rays travel to California for another three-game series with the Angels beginning August 4.
The Minnesota Twins’ visit to Steinbrenner Field has been moved from the July 4 weekend to May 26-28. The Rays visit the Twins for a three-game series beginning July 4.
The Rays will not play the 2025 season at Tropicana Field after Hurricane Milton damaged the stadium and roof in October. More than $50 million was spent renovating the stadium.
It remains to be seen if Rice will be able to return to the Tropicana in future seasons. If construction were to begin in March, as the timeline outlined in the damage assessment report suggests, renovations would be completed just days before the start of the 2026 season. St. Petersburg, Florida. and the Rays have yet to decide whether rebuilding is worth the investment, as the team was planning to move to a new stadium in 2028. But that plan was put on hold after Pinellas County. The Board of Commissioners postponed a vote to approve bonds that would finance construction of the stadium.
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