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Jeff Vinik Selling the Lightning—Unthinkable? Not So Fast
Rays Lower Seating Capacity: Real Story and the Spin

By Jim Bleyer The obsequious Tampa Bay media, never passing up an opportunity to genuflect to the local lords of professional sports, uniformly term the shrinking of Tropicana Field’s seating capacity as creating “an intimate fan experience.” The national press and fans of the Tampa Bay Rays know better: …
Tampa Bay Rays Franchise Value to Jump 50 Percent Thanks to Supreme Court Gambling Decision
Vinik Downtown Project in Deep Trouble!

The Boston Globe said Vinik “reinvented” himself but Tampans have discovered that only applies superficially. By Jim Bleyer Water Street Tampa, the highly-touted $3 billion “vision” of local businessman and Tampa Bay Times investor Jeff Vinik, is in deep trouble and may be taken over and/or liquidated by …