Earlier this year, the city of St. Petersburg decided to partner with the Tampa Bay Rays, selecting the team's design plan for redeveloping the 86-acre Historic Gas Plant site where Tropicana Field now sits. That gamble appears to have paid off. The team, the city, county leaders and stakeholders have called a news conference for Tuesday morning to announce what is widely expected to be a deal that will keep the Rays in St. Petersburg for decades to come — and a new, estimated $1.5 billion 30,000 seat dome-roofed stadium. The Tampa Bay Times was the first to report the news. MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/sports/mlb/rays/stadium-saga/tampa-bay-rays-stadium-tropicana-field-redevelopment/67-27ae2afd-fe16-468f-bf31-6c915e7504db ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay