.Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterOct 26, 2024, 08:38 PM ETCloseJesse participated in ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and deals with MLB for ESPN.com.LOS ANGELES-- Big League Baseball is wishing to understand through Christmas time whether Tropicana Field will certainly be actually playable to begin the 2025 period after the roof covering was actually torn off by Cyclone Milton previously this month.Speaking prior to Video game 2 of the Globe Set on Saturday, administrator Rob Manfred pointed out the procedure to determine whether timely fixings for the Tampa Gulf Rays' arena are actually viable is actually on-going." They are actually still in the damage-assessment setting," Manfred stated. "They're trying to determine how poor the harm is actually that needs to have to obtain done, and also obviously, it was actually certainly not just the rooftop." Manfred suggested there are actually a number of options on call if Tropicana Area in St. Petersburg, Florida, isn't ready for Opening Day. They include dipping into a minors or even spring season facility, along with a source saying Tampa, Dunedin and also Clearwater are actually amongst the feasible surrounding cities.Editor's Picks1 RelatedThe Nyc Yankees' Single-A staff, the Tampa bay Tarpons, play in Tampa florida, however it is actually not known whether that would certainly be actually the very likely home for the Rays. There are several other minor league crews in the area, as well.Wherever the Rays play, the industry and/or stadium will likely need to have altering to serve 2 big league groups." It begins along with the having fun surface area and also the safety and security of the ballpark itself," MLB Athletes Association executive supervisor Tony Clark claimed Friday prior to Game 1 of the Set. "Guaranteeing that you may acquire the work carried out that you require to get performed and also the surface area is actually reflective, as well as the ballpark is actually reflective, of major league standards." The league is actually currently altering one more minor league playground, in Sacramento, California, to satisfy the Sports while their brand-new arena is actually being actually installed Las Vegas. The organization is actually putting in a lawn surface area for much safer problems as a result of the summertime heat.As for the Rays, it's likewise possible the MLB or Minor League Baseball schedule may need to be actually slightly altered to serve a relocate to a different park, yet the league has however, to make a decision a strategy. That ought to come before the brand-new year." There was actually damages inside, also, and our team won't know precisely what is actually mosting likely to happen till they complete that process," Manfred mentioned.