A recent TBO article is noteworthy in the Rays Stadium Saga, as it mostly confirms what most who follow the Rays unending search for a new ballpark have suspected - there aren't easy answers to the question of where and how to build a stadium in the urbanized parts of Hillsborough County (e.g. downtown Tampa).
The article — Trouble obtaining land for Rays ballpark near downtown Tampa may push search to West Shore — starts with some finger pointing by Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan:
Some landowners in the Channel District-Ybor City region — for months the focal point of the Tampa ballpark site search — are so far unmoved by offers from Hillsborough County to acquire their property.