St. Pete council votes to study Tropicana Field site

The assessment’s $125,000 cost would be shared equally between the city and the Rays, said council member Jim Kennedy. LANCE ROTHSTEIN By kristen Mitchell

Tribune staff

ST. PETERSBURG — City council members will ask Mayor Rick Kriseman to approve a study assessing the value of the Tropicana Field site — with and without the existing baseball stadium.

The request for a study was approved by the council Thursday night. The request next goes to the mayor for his consideration.

The study would calculate the value of the site with various uses. The assessment’s $125,000 cost would be shared equally between the city and the Tampa Bay Rays, the domed stadium’s primary tenant, said council member Jim…