Sports stadiums can be a winner for the whole community — here’s how 

In preparing to withstand Hurricane Milton, officials made the decision to utilize Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, the home of Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays, as a shelter for thousands of weary storm personnel and first responders. Reports indicate that they abandoned this plan after recognizing that the storm’s intensity may prove to be too much for the domed stadium. 

They were right.  

The destruction of the Teflon-coated, fiberglass roof of Tropicana Field is a problem beyond the cost of repair...