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Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Rays, suffered severe damage Wednesday night. hurricane milton blamed the area. A video posted by CBS affiliate WTSP showed the fabric that serves as the roof of the domed building being torn to shreds, exposing the stadium’s lights.
St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue Service confirmed that no one was injured in the incident. It was not immediately clear how much damage there was inside the stadium.
Drone footage posted on social media showed the roof completely torn off and debris strewn across the field.
Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Dave Moore also posted images of the damaged stadium on social media.
WTSP reported that Tropicana Field was hosting thousands of linemen and National Guard troops in preparation for responding to storm damage. Photos taken earlier this week showed rows of cribs covering the baseball diamond.
Jeremy Redfern, press secretary for Gov. Ron DeSantis, said in a social media post that the staging area had already been relocated before the roof was damaged.
Tropicana Field has the world’s largest cable-supported dome roof and is “built to withstand winds of up to 115 miles per hour,” CBS Sports reported, citing the Rays’ media guide.
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Albert Whitted Airport, about six minutes from Tropicana Field, recorded wind gusts of up to 161 mph between 10 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.
The St. Petersburg stadium opened in 1990 and originally cost $138 million, according to the Associated Press. It was scheduled to be replaced with a $1.3 billion baseball stadium in time for the 2028 season.
rear go ashore Hurricane Milton, a Category 3 storm in Florida, was expected to weaken to a Category 1 storm and weaken as it moves through the Atlantic Ocean.
