When the Rays and development partner Hines were selected to redevelop the Gas Plant District last year, elected officials and baseball fans across Tampa Bay had hoped it would end years of uncertainty surrounding the fate of the site and the team’s future in the region.

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The Tampa Bay Rays are staying put for now, as the team's future remains uncertain and Opening Day for Major League Baseball just two weeks away.

While much of Tampa Bay seems to be vacillating between anger, disappointment and frustration over Stuart Sternberg’s decision Thursday to pull out of a new stadium deal, the Rays have been oddly upbeat about the situation.

The Tampa Bay Rays withdrew Thursday from a $1.3 billion project to construct a new ballpark adjacent to Tropicana Field, citing a hurricane and delays that likely drove up the proposal's cost. The team issued a statement by principal owner Stuart Sternberg saying “a series of events” in October,

The Tampa Bay Rays are abandoning plans to build a new stadium. The MLB team, citing hurricanes and costly delays, announced Thursday that it will not proceed with the development of a $1.3 billion baseball stadium in St.