As Rays search for stadium site, Oldsmar gets into game

The Rays are searching for a location for a new stadium in the Tampa Bay area. The Tropicana Field site remains one of the possiblities. [LOREN ELLIOTT | Times]OLDSMAR — To city officials in this 14,000-resident community — a place of historic bungalows, civic parades, a renowned BMX Supercross facility and a new zip line course — it is not a shock-the-world movement.

It is real.

Oldsmar is among the sites being considered by the Tampa Bay Rays, who are studying possibilities for a new stadium in either Pinellas or Hillsborough counties.

“Initially, some people just laugh at this concept,’’ said Oldsmar Mayor Doug Bevis, who added the city had its initial contact with the Rays about three…