The Tampa Bay Rays won't play at their home ballpark, Tropicana Field, for a long while due to the excessive damage brought by Hurricane Milton. Repairs to the roof and other key parts of the stadium won't be finished until 2026 and will cost as much as $55.7 million.

Photos from team photographer Will Vragovic show the extent of the damage throughout the stadium caused by Hurricane Milton.

The team needed to find an alternate home ballpark after Tropicana Field sustained major damage from Hurricane Milton.

It will cost $55.7 million to repair Tropicana Field, home to the MLB Tampa Bay Rays, in time for the 2026 home opener, St. Petersburg., Fla., city officials said Tuesday.

In a news release Thursday, the Rays announced they would be playing their regular season games at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays will play their 2025 home games at the New York Yankees’ nearby spring training ballpark amid uncertainty about the future of hurricane-damaged Tropicana Field, Rays executives told The Associated Press.

The Tampa Bay Rays recently had their stadium destroyed by a hurricane and the newly released photos show the catastrophic damage.

Hurricane Milton … a true legacy storm. When it came to Category 3 Hurricane Milton and his Oct. 9 landfall into Florida’s Gulf Coast, by far the most symbolic image of the system was the roof being blown off Tropicana Field in St.