Tampa to build new stadium

[Expos16]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports...711-story.html

This can't be good for Montreal.

[Calif_Eagle]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports...711-story.html

This can't be good for Montreal.

They probably won't be getting the Rays, no. But the fans, the city government and the city's "powers-that-be" should be getting their ducks in a row. I believe that MLB will add two teams and go to 8 divisions of 4 teams each in the not too distant future and if Montreal wants to obtain one of those 2 expansion teams, they need to be ready to go.

[Steve Jeltz]

They probably won't be getting the Rays, no. But the fans, the city government and the city's "powers-that-be" should be getting their ducks in a row. I believe that MLB will add two teams and go to 8 divisions of 4 teams each in the not too distant future and if Montreal wants to obtain one of those 2 expansion teams, they need to be ready to go.

Manfred has made it clear that Montreal must build a new stadium if it wants to be considered for expansion. MLB wants no part of Olympic Stadium, even for a short time while the new place is being built.

[rsvp_nj]

Mets fan in NY here: I can't wait for Montreal to get a team back. The entire Jeff Loria/ Expos/ Marlins/ Miami ballpark saga deserves a documentary, and then hopefully a full criminal investigation. What a disgrace that was. Most people have no idea. I'm interested to know if baseball fans in Montreal have a strong preference for which league their next team is in? American, to be in the Blue Jays division, or, back where they were, in the NL East? As a Mets fan, I'd get rid of the Marlins in a second... Regarding TB, the latest I heard was that they do not have a stadium deal. Maybe there's hope.