Barry_Schwartz

The problem is that the Rays signed a 30 year lease with the city of St. Pete. To get out of the lease or to renovate the Trop with, say a retractable roof, would cost about the same. Not chump change by any means, and I don't think they have that kind of dough. I have been preaching a stadium somewhere near the Ice Palace for years. Imagine, a nice breeze off the water, sunset one way, downtown the other. Man would that be nice...I can't tell you how many times I have been walking into the Trop on a beautifull night only to step inside the morgue and almost fall asleep. I know some people think it is too hot in the summer for an open air stadium, or it rains too much, but put the stadium near the water and it's not that bad.

Agreed ;D

Not a ghost, a very real sane person with a mind of my own, which I know can be a novel idea. Although not always appreciated it seems

You mean the BE tourney, right?