ST. PETERSBURG — Mayor Rick Kriseman wants to make one thing clear: at least $5 million is headed to the impoverished neighborhoods of south St. Petersburg from the Tampa Bay Rays deal — regardless of whether the team stays or goes.
And that $5 million is just a down payment, he said Tuesday.
The predominantly African-American community whose Gas Plant neighborhood was demolished to make way for Tropicana Field and which has seen scant economic benefits after baseball started on the 85 acres might get more money, Kriseman said.