Push to Move Rays Kick-Off
Fri Feb 16, 1:30 PM - Fri Feb 16, 2:30 PM

Tampa Bay Rays support Ybor Ballpark Site
Tampa, Fla. - Tampa business leaders today announced a new organization, Tampa Bay Rays 2020, that will build community and business support in bringing the Tampa Bay Rays to Hillsborough County. The kick-off event at the Tampa Baseball Museum in Ybor City is led by the co-founders of Tampa Bay Rays 2020, Chuck Sykes, CEO of Sykes Enterprises and Ron Christaldi, Partner at Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick.

"This is all about the future," said Christaldi. "Bringing the Rays to Tampa will transform our region and serve as an economic engine for decades to come."

Sykes added, "This is a unique and rare opportunity to build a ballpark that will be a wonderful community asset for many years. Support from our business community is vital."

Christaldi and Sykes are former Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce Board Chairs and emphasized that a primary focus of the new organization is to garner business pledges for a new ballpark.

Tampa Bay Rays 2020 is a privately funded non-profit organization dedicated to bringing a new Rays ballpark to Tampa. Led by some of Tampa's most forward thinking business and community leaders, our organization is the catalyst that will ensure the ballpark becomes a reality. America's favorite pastime needs a home for generations to come in one of the country's fastest growing cities.