St. Pete’s Al Lang Field on the endangered list

August 9th, 2007 Ballparks

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If you haven’t been to St. Petersburg, Florida in a while, you wouldn’t recognize the city today. What was derisively called “God’s Waiting Room” has been reborn into an energetic and vibrant city, with a downtown skyline changing constantly with new condos and office buildings and retail venues opening in recent years.

Nestled in the middle of all this exciting growth is Progress Energy Park, better known as Al Lang Field. For 90 continuous years, this venue has been used as as a Spring Training headquarters, but all this might come to an end after the Devil Rays depart for Charlotte and their new practice facility after the 2008 season.

So now the city is debating whether to demolish the park for condominiums, keep it as greenspace or retain the ballpark for some unspecified future use.

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