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So I screenshotted the images and these were what I saw in order:

- a wave

- a reptilian eye

-  gargoyle statue

- someone working at a refinery

- a city street at night

-  grassy field

- the fan of a plane engine

- a fighter pilot flying

- a cavalier statue

- US Marines

- fallen leaves in a forest

- a tattoo

- a pack or bikers

Some of this surely combines ideas into a name, but Washington might be the Marines.  Cavalry might be another name, as is something oil industry related (Roughnecks, Wildcatters, etc).  Gargoyles is likely there too.

Any other suggestions?

14 minutes ago, GDAWG said:

 

If they pull the RKO card and do St Louis Vipers (his hometown)....

First and foremost, I would hate to see the Rays leave town but if the split thing is a possibility.....

I had a strange thought earlier, and don't know if logistically it could happen but lets say Montreal gets a team full time.

- Relocate either the Rays or the Marlins franchise to Montreal and assign that team to the NL East.

- The remaining Florida team splits time in Miami and Tampa Bay.  Miami has a new stadium already, which would then require existing ownership to focus on a single venue in Tampa Bay rather than two including one in Montreal.

I don't know if a plan like this holds water because you'd have to decide who remains owner of the Florida team, what roster remains with the Florida team (maybe Montreal does some oddball dispersal draft where they choose from the Marlins and Rays rosters but the Florida team can protect a set number of players) but i'd think a split team sharing two cities in one state rather than a thousand miles and two countries could be more feasible....if it ever happens.

22 hours ago, BringBackTheVet said:

The regional Florida team is probably the best solution, though it’s impossible considering what Miami did for the Marlins in exchange for rebranding themselves as “Miami’s team”. 

Strangely enough, IF a split shared city team had to happen I could be on board with Tampa Bay and Miami sharing.

1 hour ago, rmc523 said:

 

That looks like a "roofed" concept.

 

 

I agree.  I looked it up on maps, and I don't see how they even can expand it.  He talked about 30,000 fans watching the team, I don't see how that's possible short of closing off streets, and even then it seems iffy at best.

 

 

 

 

Back around 2008, there were talks to build a stadium at this site.

14 minutes ago, Gothamite said:

As is this.

 

To be fair, the Tampa Bay Times is behind a paywall now (as of a few months ago) after a few articles, so alot of locals have given up on their sites unless they're a subscriber already.

13 hours ago, marlinfan said:

I last went to Tropicana Field in 2010ish. It looks like the bastard child of a stadium, warehouse, and an early 90s cut-rate office building if it were possible for them to procreate. The main rotunda meant to evoke Ebbets Field looks more like something you see in a dying mall. Different areas of the concourse had their own “character” which ranged from sterile concrete to drop ceilings to Joe DiMaggio in comic book form. The trimmings on the scoreboard reminded me of a cheap baseball-theme carnival funhouse. The lights inside are low so you have a constant glare. The turf looked poorly maintained and had a weird shine. I think they still had the orange leaf gradient on the walls/catwalks which evoked Rainforest Cafe.

 

The banners in the rafters and the museum were cool though. We set in right field a few rows in front of former Marlins GM Larry Beinfest and his kids. The Marlins infield dropped an infield pop-up and when we turned around he did that thing where he knew you were looking at him but didn’t want to make eye contact.

If I give Stu Sternberg credit for something, he invests money into the Trop to upgrade the amenities.  Since your visit theyve done the folllwoing:

- Replaced the turf at least 3 times (twice in the past 2-3 years) and the new surface for 2019 really seems like a good match.

- Added LED stadium lighting in 2019, with colored uplighting and better standard lights.

- Created a full almost-360 concourse within view of the field, the only blocked section is immediately behind the plate.

- Got rid of the batters eye restaurant, and opened up the walls to make it a social space in CF.

- New for 2019, the Left Field ledge with 4-top table seating.

Press conference Tuesday the 25th at 1pm eastern about the Rays.  Assumingly to clear the air about this Montreal stuff.

4 minutes ago, dfwabel said:

Yep. Tampa just inaugurated its new mayor last month, so it's putting pressure on her to adjust her opinion on tax payer funds for it. Then again, the county is needed more and the Hillsborough County tax rate is now 8.5%, the highest in the state

If taxes are used, I’d say it’s highly unlikely it’ll be sales tax.  There are hotel taxes and other tourist taxes that would likely be targeted.

The Buccaneers burned any chance of using sales tax back in the mid 90s

13 minutes ago, leopard88 said:

This just seems like an unworkable situation.  Teams have played parts of the schedules in other cities before (White Sox in Milwaukee, Expos in San Juan, Bullets in Baltimore, Dodgers in Jersey City). Teams have also shared/rotated among cities (Virginia Squires, Floridians, Carolina Cougars, Kansas City-Omaha Kings).  However, the latter situations all involved either one primary city (more or less) and/or teams with some regional/geographic connection (usually being within one state).  This would involve a team playing in two cities located about 1,500 miles apart with no apparent/realistic connection.

 

If you're a fan in Florida, it seems like it would be difficult to retain an attachment to a team that you know won't be in town for the home stretch of any playoff race.  Meanwhile, if you're a fan in Quebec, you know you won't be able to watch your team in person for several months of the season.

It would HAVE to be a blended split, or one where one team remains primary (probably TB).  

2 minutes ago, VDizzle12 said:

Not only will fans hate it, but imagine how terrible this would be for the players and employees of the organization. Imagine having to move your family 1500 miles away to a different country in the middle of the baseball season.

This....all this.  Players union will hate this type of scenario.

I could see a share like Montreal and San Juan worked in the 2000s, but this will not work full time.

I dont want to lose the Rays, and have set my personal expectations that over the next 5-6 years it will only get worse before it gets better.  Montreal to the Rays is what Tampa Bay/St Pete was to places like Seattle, San Francisco, and Chicago in the 90s.  Its the threat of actual relocation that causes movement.

20 hours ago, LMU said:

And another uninspired one off gimmick by Brandiose.

 

 

I knew it was going to be Masters food related, and the pimento cheese sandwich is perfect.

On 6/2/2019 at 7:00 PM, BellaSpurs said:

Someone should remove the drop shadow, it looks more off than that, the top of the t is shorter on the right side, just as the bottom is. The curve at the top right is also different than on the left. How does this even happen?

 

Glad i ruined that logo for myself

The T in the Rays logo has this same skew.  I think its an optical illiusion, but Im not sure

This promotion actually began back in 2018 for one night only and they chose to do it more often in 2019.

I'll post here since this seems to be the thread in general about arena and indoor football news and rumors...

The Tampa Bay Storm might return in 2020 as part of the National Arena League.  

https://primetimesportstalk.com/2019/05/28/tampa-bay-storm-could-return-join-national-arena-league-in-2020/

On 5/22/2019 at 2:00 PM, MC Buffalo said:

But how do you pronounce Center Martin "St.Louis". I'm guessing we all agree it's Looey and not Loo-is

He is Looey, because of his french-canadian heritage.  The US city St. Louis is Loo-is.

I feel like Bandits could be the Tampa Bay name, if they can pry the rights from whomever owns the USFL trademark.

Justice could really work for DC, and I've always wanted to see an NY team use Gothams.

3 hours ago, Brian in Boston said:

Given the current stability of the Eastern League and its franchises, the chances of Pawtucket landing a Double A franchise are slim to none. It's far more likely that a New York-Penn League team would be targeted for McCoy Stadium. The Batavia Muckdogs are league-owned and the NY-PL would love to unload the franchise. The Auburn Doubledays are municipally-owned, but the City of Auburn has been shopping the team since 2016.

I can confirm this is what i've heard as well....NYPenn short season is the likely target but also consider the Sox have Lowell as their affiliate, so Boston would either keep Lowell and let another team affiliate with the Pawtucket team, or Pawsox remain with Boston and the Spinners become another affiliate.

7 hours ago, Gothamite said:

Shame.  This is an ideal opportunity to tie in with the popular local MLB club.  As it was with the PawSox. 

True, but Ruby Legs could work as it has local flair, and is a close tie to Red Sox without screaming "Red Sox"

1 hour ago, Wings said:

Some time in June. I think. 

Correct, someone shared this info in the XFL thread in "in general" section.

3 hours ago, Sec19Row53 said:

The misspelling just hurts my eyes. Why would you leave out the second 'e'?

Probably due to filing legally for the name...

26 minutes ago, DNAsports said:

I don’t think MLB will do away with AL and NL. The most drastic thing I could see happening is we get an AL East & West and an NL East & West all with 8 teams in each division

Agreed if MLB goes to 32, the ideal situation is 4 divisions of 8.

9 hours ago, CaliforniaGlowin said:

Love it ! Pics ?

Google is your friend...

i really must not be paying attention, but when did UNIWATCH go to SI.com?  I just saw the MLB 2019 preview and was like wait, I missed something...