Two hours after voting to spend about $24 million to start repairing hurricane-damaged Tropicana Field by replacing the ballpark’s roof, the St. Petersburg City Council on Thursday voted a second time and decided to halt that plan.

The St. Petersburg City Council reversed course on Thursday and won’t be spending money to repair the Tampa Bay Rays’ existing stadium after approving it only two hours before. The council also voted to delay a vote on bonds to finance a new home for the team,

November 22 - Hours after initially approving a proposal to spend $23 million to repair the Tampa Bay Rays' ballpark, the St. Petersburg City Council rejected the plan Thursday. The decision comes more than a month after Tropicana Field's roof was torn ...