Roof of Tropicana Field, home of MLB's Tampa Bay Rays, ripped open by Hurricane Milton

As Hurricane Milton made landfall successful Florida connected Wednesday night, its harm has already been felt by 1 large sports squad successful the state.

Tropicana Field, the location of MLB’s Tampa Bay Rays and a structure for archetypal responders up of the hurricane hitting land, saw its extortion shredded by the destructive winds from Hurricane Milton. 

Video has gone viral connected societal media, showing portion of the dome’s extortion wholly unfastened and flapping successful the beardown hurricane winds.

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A wide presumption of Tropicana Field anterior to opening time betwixt the Tampa Bay Rays and Toronto Blue Jays. (Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports)

Thankfully, occurrence and rescue is reporting nary injuries arsenic lineman and archetypal responders were staging determination for the tempest recovery, per WFTS meteorologist Jason Adams. 

Another video of the extortion shows conscionable however overmuch of it was taken out. It's chartless astatine this clip however harm is wrong the building. 

The Rays announced anterior to the hurricane making landfall that it worked with authorities and section exigency absorption partners to assistance efforts successful debris removal, utilizing Tropicana Field’s abstraction for the lineman and archetypal responders gearing up for tempest recovery. 

However, the Rays made definite to notation that it would not beryllium utilized arsenic a shelter, encouraging those successful the St. Petersburg country to marque definite to travel tempest guidelines. 

A wide presumption of the stadium earlier a crippled betwixt the Chicago Cubs and Tampa Bay Rays astatine Tropicana Field. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports)

Known arsenic "The Trop," the tract has been location to the Rays since its inaugural play successful 1998, though the squad was looking to upgrade its franchise with a marque caller stadium soon. 

In 2023, the squad announced a woody with section politicians to physique a caller stadium, known arsenic "Gas Plant Stadium," adjacent Tropicana Field astatine a whopping $1.2 cardinal dollars. However, the St. Petersburgh City Council blocked a proposal, arsenic fractional of the stadium’s backing would beryllium payer money.   

A connection was yet approved by the St. Petersburgh City Council and Pinellas County Commission successful July, which includes monolithic improvements to the country different than the stadium including residential units, affordable housing, office/medical space, retail abstraction and more. 

However, operation has not started yet connected the caller stadium, and it isn’t expected to beryllium utilized by the Rays until Opening Day 2028 erstwhile completed. 

a wide presumption of the stadium earlier a crippled betwixt the Oakland Athletics and Tampa Bay Rays astatine Tropicana Field. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports)

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The Rays, though, person a much pressing contented close now, arsenic the extortion of their location was decimated the nighttime Hurricane Milton's destructive strategy deed Florida adding to Hurricane Helene's damage. 

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