St. Petersburg city council members listen as Tampa Bay Rays owner Stuart Sternberg speaks during a city council meeting to decide the fate of the Rays stadium plan, Thursday, July 18, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (Dirk Shadd/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Tampa Bay Rays owner Stuart Sternberg speaks during a city council meeting to decide the fate of the Rays stadium plan, Thursday, July 18, 2024 in St. Petersburg, Fla.. (Dirk Shadd/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Tampa Bay Rays owner Stuart Sternberg addresses the audience during a Rays press conference in the Baldwin Group Club at Tropicana Field , Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (Dirk Shadd/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Historian and former gas plant resident Gwen Reese, left, speaks as former residents of the gas plant district stand behind her during a City of St. Petersburg city council meeting to decide the fate of the Rays stadium plan Thursday, July 18, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (Dirk Shadd/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

A packed St. Petersburg City council chambers is seen as the council makes crucial votes on the Tampa Bay Rays stadium plan, Thursday, July 18, 2024 in St. Petersburg, Fla. (Dirk Shadd /Tampa Bay Times via AP)

St. Petersburg city council members, from left, Richie Floyd, John Muhammad, and Copley Gerdes listen to a speaker during a council meeting on the Tampa Bay Rays stadium plan, Thursday, July 18, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (Dirk Shadd/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Tampa Bay Rays owner Stuart Sternberg, right, speaks with Rays president Brian Auld as the council makes crucial votes on the Tampa Bay Rays stadium plan, Thursday, July 18, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (Dirk Shadd/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Ken Welch, the Mayor of St. Petersburg, listens during a city council meeting which will decide the fate of the Rays stadium plan Thursday, July 18, 2024 in St. Petersburg, Fla. (Dirk Shadd/Tampa Bay Times via AP)