One and done, once again.
A couple of days after Los Buccaneeros lost their playoff game to the New York Giants, we’d like to know what the fans generally think about the direction of the team and the franchise? Cast your vote in our poll…
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The pirate ship José Gaspar and it’s krewe members invade the city of Tampa and formally begin the Gasparilla Pirate Festival season.
New poll for your bemusement and discussion here as the clock winds down on 2007 and begins on 2008. Just how would you rate 2007?
Loading ...Leave your thoughts in comments on the year gone by… And while you’re at it, the year to come.
Got a new poll up here at Sticks — and you best be quick to vote, because those shopping days are counting down to a precious few! What does Tampa Bay want for Christmas?!
Loading ...Before you jump ahead and vote for OTHER because you got no clue why we’d suggest a train set, a fruitcake and a new baseball glove as gifts — these responses are all allusions to other things.
A train set, of course, is alluding to mass transit and rail. A gift card? A stronger economy. Fruitcake with less nuts? Well, seeing fruitcake is a tough holiday treat to swallow as is — we’re talking about government there. “Less nuts” should seem obvious.
Lego blocks? Development. A new hockey stick? Anyone paying attention to the Tampa Bay Lightning’s woes this season will understand the reference. And baseball MITT? Something that surrounds the ball itself — we’re talking stadium…
Of course, there are other allusions for local wants and needs out there that we can’t even begin to imagine — thus the OTHER selection. We’d love to hear your ideas in comments.
Just a temporary heads up for those surfing Sticks: I’m trying a few things behind-the-scenes here on the site and that may or may not lead to weirdness on site.
The Rays have launched a companion site tied to their stadium efforts, entitled Major League Downtown. This, of course, is the Tropicana Field site redevelopment along with the new stadium construction on the site of Al Lang Field.
On a sidenote with all these renderings — ST. PETERSBURG everywhere you can see on graphics representing the new stadium. It’s nice when your resident pro sports team caters to your inferiority complex that people don’t know St. Pete is a city all in it’s own, isn’t it?
Regardless, it’s a pretty nice design but questions linger.. There’s more discussion on things likely to occur at Rays blog draysbay while certainly occuring at development forum SkyscraperCity.
A couple of months ago, the Tampa Tribune revealed a wishful-thinking stadium design for the Devil Rays baseball team… Little did we know that, at the time, the franchise was secretly in talks with the city of St. Petersburg about getting out of Tropicana Field and into a new waterfront ballpark. That little news item leaked out on November 9th…
Today, the Devil Rays officially go public with their plans to replace Tropicana Field with a $450 Million ballpark on the St. Petersburg waterfront… But of course with all this new stadium talk, old rivalries get renewed and old questions get rehashed.
St. Pete or Tampa for instance. Or somewhere in between (another new stadium, another suggestion to float it in the bay).
Oh, there’s a lot more to talk about with regards to the new stadium than that silly little rivalry. Such as local officials conveniently withholding information about negotiations with the Rays until after the city council elections.
But for the sake of asking, where would you want the Rays to play?
Loading ...UPDATE — Renderings are up everywhere around the web but I will give you a link to one stop shopping of renderings of this new ballpark. I’m really left awestruck and dumbstruck by things.
My friend Leah, who I have known since we were in High School, has been doing a slew of weird things lately that I haven’t entirely understood why. She’s told me she’s had “Pirate Practice” and has been practicing swordplay. She’s made minor mention of “Pirate Days” but I haven’t asked exactly what is going on, when or why.
I finally got my answer today:
Come on out to the Fifth Annual Florida Pirate Festival being held at Vinoy Park in St Petersburg on November 16th thru 18th. The fun starts on Friday from 5pm - 10pm and continues on Saturday from 10am - 10pm while concluding Sunday from 10am - 6pm.
Step back in time to 1720 when Tampa Bay was known as “Bay del Spirito Sancto” and participate in the Pirate gathering.
There will be games, human powered rides, fire show, stunt fighting, cannon demonstrations, food & grog, interactive childrens show, hot pirate babe model search, music and sea shanty’s, merchants, artisans, entertainers, and our own talented cast and crew.
Friday night fireworks display courtesy of The Great Extravaganza fund raiser and pyrotechnics.
Adult admission is $12, children are $8, Friday (today) is half price, and a three day pass costs 25 bucks. But with the great weather lately, it’s ha(rrgh)d not to want to get out and enjoy Florida with some fun, games and entertainment.
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