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Gas Plant Stadium
Gas Plant Stadium was a proposed indoor ballpark in St. Petersburg, Florida. If constructed, it would have served as the home of the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball. The construction cost was estimated to be $1.3 billion and the total cost to public will be $1.5 billion. This is the latest proposal for a new Tampa Bay Rays stadium, in addition to Ybor Stadium proposed in 2018 and Rays Ballpark proposed in 2008; the Rays have played in Tropicana Field since their inaugural season in 1998. On March 13, 2025, the Rays announced that they would not pursue the stadium. On July 24, 2025 the city of St. Petersburg city council voted to officially terminate this project. Design According to the official stadium project website, the ballpark proposal was intended to be integrated into a larger mixed-use development project. The proposed 30,000-seat ballpark would have brought fans much closer to the baselines, with a significantly decreased distance from the backstop to home p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hines (company)
Hines Interests Limited Partnership is an American privately held company that invests in and develops real estate. As of 2023, the company has developed, redeveloped or acquired more than 1,600 properties, comprising over 540 million square feet. The company manages 685 properties comprising 216 million square feet, and had a presence in 30 countries. As of 2024, the company holds $93.2 billion worth of assets under management. History The company “Hines” (first named Gerald D. Hines Interests) was founded in Houston in 1957 by Gerald D. Hines, an American real estate developer with a background in mechanical engineering. The company initially began as a side-business to an engineering partnership after Gerald D. Hines moved to Houston for work in 1948. Pre-2000 Between 1957 and 1967, the firm developed approximately 69 new office or warehouse buildings, along with retail and residential projects. The company's first large-scale commercial development came in 1967 when S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MLB Advanced Media
MLB Advanced Media, L.P. (MLBAM) is a limited partnership of the club owners of Major League Baseball (MLB) based in New York City and is the Internet and interactive branch of the league. Robert Bowman, former president and Chief executive officer, CEO of MLBAM, indicated in May 2012 that MLBAM generates around $620 million a year in revenue. ''Forbes'' went as far as calling the company "the Biggest Media Company You've Never Heard Of". The company operates the official web site for the league and the thirty Major League Baseball club web sites via MLB.com, which draws four million hits per day. The site offers news, standings, statistics, and schedules, while subscribers have access to live audio and video broadcasts of most games. The company also employs reporters, with one assigned to each team for the season and others serving more general beats. MLB Advanced Media also owns and operates BaseballChannel.tv and MLB Radio. MLBAM also runs and/or owns the official we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Manfred
Robert Dean Manfred Jr. (born September 28, 1958) is an American lawyer and business executive who is serving as the tenth commissioner of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously served as MLB's chief operating officer. Manfred succeeded Bud Selig as commissioner on January 25, 2015. Early life and career Manfred was born on September 28, 1958, in Rome, New York. As a child, he played tennis, golf and baseball, opting to focus on tennis by his eighth grade year, which he continued to play through college at Le Moyne. He attended Rome Free Academy and graduated in 1976. Manfred enrolled at Le Moyne College where he played tennis for the Dolphins for two seasons. In 1978, he transferred to Cornell University. He earned his Bachelor of Science from Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations in 1980 and his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1983, where he was an editor of the ''Harvard Law Review''. After law school, Manfred law clerk, clerked for Judge Joseph L. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
