New Proposed Rays Stadium Could Host Big East Bowl

[HOTMello2005]

That new stadium would be the perfect size for the PapajohnsPersonalPanPizza.com Bowl.

:ROFLMAO

[AndytheBull]

The baseball stadium in San Fransico(I dont know the corporate sponsor of it now) hosts a bowl game that I've seen parts of the last couple years. It looks ridiculous b/c I think they have to block off seats b/c there is virtually no view of the field appropriate for football, and the big problem.....its so small they have both teams on the same sideline.

[___ Eats It]

I would imagine that the field would be arranged as such.  Note the availability of temporary bleachers in the right-field area, which could probably boost the attendance to over 50K.

[IncrediBULL]

I would imagine that the field would be arranged as such.  Note the availability of temporary bleachers in the right-field area, which could probably boost the attendance to over 50K.

yuck..

"The futon, it is both an uncomfortable bed and an uncomfortable sofa".

Baseball stadiums don't make good football stadiums...  Period...  Bad experience for the fans / viewing pleasure.

[Greg Auman]

not sure why you guys think 35,000 is too small for a lower-tier bowl. birmingham announced 32,000 fans last year and toronto was just under 27,000.

[___ Eats It]

Sitting in a 80% empty Legion Field in the Birmingham ghetto, or in a converted baseball stadium along the water in St. Petersburg, FL... hmm, which sounds more attractive?

[Rocky Style]

Ugh, I hate football games on baseball fields.  Maybe it's just me.

[Who'sYourData?]

I would think that temporary stands would be a possibility to boost capacity into the 40-45,000 range.  

Actually, I've been wondering if the Rays aren't holding in their back pocket some way to add seats for playoff games and such.  35,000 would seem to be ok for regular season games, but I'd think they'd want to be able to push the seating up for special occasions.

[nobull.Bulls]

They gotta get that dang thing built first!

  I think it looks like a very odd stadium, and it looks like a lightning rod.

[Brad]

Let's let them jam the citizenry for this first and then come back and tell us how it can be used for something other than generating baseball revenue.