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Tampa Bay Rays to start 2021 season with fans at home games
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Rays are getting rid of upper-level seats at Tropicana Field to create 'intimate' fan experience
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Rays will reduce Tropicana Field's seating capacity for a more 'intimate' experience
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Tampa Bay Rays unveil plans for new 30,000-seat ballpark in St. Petersburg
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Rays, Marlins Update Mask Policies While Increasing Stadium Capacities
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Baseball and Rays return to Tropicana Field four weeks early - NBC Sports
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Tampa Bay Rays Review Sport Hospitality Ticket
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Rays shrink seating capacity at Tropicana Field - Coliseum
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Tropicana Field redevelopment: What's in the final four proposals for the Gas Plant District?
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The red-hot Tampa Bay Rays are still struggling to fill Tropicana Field: In August, the Rays averaged a pathetic 9,846 fans per home game. All other MLB first-place teams averaged between 25,877