Florida Construction News staff writer
Mortenson Construction has been selected to build a $1.3-billion ballpark for Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays, a project that will anchor further development in the Gas Plant neighborhood of St. Petersburg,.
The Minneapolis-based company has built several professional sports complexes including Truist Park, the Braves stadium in Atlanta.
St. Petersburg will contribute $287 million to construction. Pinellas County and the Rays will pay $312 million and $770 million, respectively.
Construction on the stadium is scheduled to start in January and finish in time for Opening Day in spring 2028.
The Hines Historic Gas Plant Partnership is also planned on the 86-acre site where the team’s current stadium sits, including about 8 million sq. ft. of mixed-use development 4,800 residential units, 1,200 affordable/workforce residential units (on and off-site), 600 senior living units, 1.4 million sq. ft. of office, medical and commercial space, 750,000 square feet of retail, 750 hotel rooms, 100,000 sq. ft. of entertainment space, including a concert venue to seat up to 4,000, 50,000 sq. ft. of civic space, namely a new home for the Carter G. Woodson African American Museum, 90,000 – 100,000 sq. ft. of conference, ballroom and meeting space, 14 acres of public open space, 14,000 parking spaces.
