On the heels of massive public underwriting of 1996 Summer Olympics facilities, a new baseball stadium will open this spring. The football stadium opened a couple years ago. A new baseball stadium awaits an expansion baseball franchise in St. Petersburg. Baseball's Florida Marlins want a new stadium. Erickson Stadium opened for football's Carolina Panthers this past fall.
Baseball has a team the city loves and a vile owner.
Football has a beloved owner and an horrid team. Both want separate new stadiums. Trying to lure an NHL hockey expansion team with promises of a new arena. In the highest-profile franchise shift in years, Cleveland lost its football team when it wouldn't match the extravagant offer of the state of Maryland. Baseball's venerable Tiger Stadium is also being replaced in the next two years.