Friday, Oct 1, 2021. 1:06 PM
After seeing the Tampa Bay Rays making headlines for a poster that would have promoted the “sister cities” project with Montreal, the Montreal Baseball Group shared that no announcements are planned for the next few years. month.
Stephen Bronfman and his band remained silent after the Rays first hinted at promoting the project with a Montreal poster at Tropicana Field.
the Tampa Bay Times reported Tuesday that Rays owner Stuart Sternberg had since reversed his decision. In the Montreal Baseball Group press release, it is specified that no announcement is scheduled for November 7, nor in the following days or weeks.
“We must continue our approach with rigor until we are able to share a complete and inclusive vision that will elicit the support of the community,” he said.
However, Groupe Baseball Montréal specifies that it continues to work on the development of the sister cities project in collaboration with the Rays and with the help of several advisers in the fields of architecture, economic development, tourism, culture, environment and social benefits.
The withdrawal of the poster, however, does not change the efforts of the Rays to implement this plan, in which it is specified that the team would play the first part of the season in a new open stadium in the Tampa Bay area and that ‘She would then move to Montreal in June to play at another new open stadium. Everything would start in 2028.
