The Maryland Stadium Authority approved plans for a series of upgrades, most notably a new videoboard in center field. The display will be 2 1/2 times larger than the existing screen.

St. Pete City Council approved $22.5 million to replace the roof at Tropicana Field that was damaged during Hurricane Milton.

The most unique transformation of a ballpark in Major League Baseball history launched in earnest Sunday at 5 p.m. That was when the Tampa Bay Rays, after playing a Grapefruit League game against the New York Yankees as the visiting team, were handed the keys to George M. Steinbrenner Field

The Tampa Bay Rays announced the team will not move forward with a $1.3 billion stadium and redevelopment project aimed at keeping the ball club in St. Petersburg.

THE SLOW, PROTRACTED death of the Oakland A’s played out over two decades, offering a fresh blueprint of how to torpedo a professional sports franchise.

Craig Cheek told a legislative committee that Portland could break ground on a Major League Baseball stadium on the south Waterfront as early as 2027 if Portland is awarded a team.

The Chicago White Sox will be playing in a renamed ballpark for the 2025 season. The ballpark will now be known as Rate Field beginning with the 2025 season.

The Houston Astros pitched a change-up. The team announced that Minute Maid Park would be renamed “Daikin Park.” Daikin Comfort Technologies purchased the naming rights for 15 seasons.

The Rays have found a home for the 2025 regular season: George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa.