The Rays Are Cutting About 6,000 Seats At The Trop To Create A 'More Intimate Experience' For Their Fans - Definitely NOT Because No One Goes To Their Games
Seating capacity at Tropicana Field will be reduced to about 25,000 to 26,000 under a renovation plan aimed at improving fans’ experience.
The team on Friday announced plans to create a more “intimate” atmosphere, including the creation of the Left Field Ledge in the lower level featuring premium seating for small groups, and the elimination of the upper-deck 300 level.
The capacity at the Trop previously was 31,042.
“These renovations mark our continued commitment to providing a first-rate fan experience at Tropicana Field,” Rays President Matt Silverman said in a news release. “Together, in concert with the reduction in seating capacity, these investments will help create a more intimate, entertaining and appealing experience for our fans.”
I would also like to announce I’m not dating a smokeshow supermodel woman because I’d rather just be single, and definitely not because I’m losing my hair. That’s basically the same bullshit that the Rays are spewing out here. The previous capacity was a shade over 31,000 which will be reduced now to the 25,000 range. Want to take a guess at what the Trop’s average attendance is? 14,258 which is 29th out of 30 teams, only behind the Miami Marlins who draw less than a local circus does. Intimate experience my asshole.
Nothing says intimate like the city of Tampa Bay, six catwalks, lots of cowbells, and some horns going off during a baseball game. That’s romantic right there folks. Basically Fifty Shades of Grey. Jesus Christ, just move a team back to Montreal and make everyone happy. It makes all the sense in the world. Frankly, the team would do better in Wyoming than where they are now, but Montreal deserves a team so badly. The fact that they’re stuck in that dump until 2027 is incomprehensible. The sad part is that they’re actually good. They just won 90 games out of nowhere and no one gave a damn down there. They finally bought a few guys this offseason and should seemingly be even better, but it’s all for nothing if they play at the Trop. Enough is enough.