The future of the Tampa Bay Rays is still in doubt after a letter from Rays President Matt Silverman to Pinellas County Commissioners.

According to the agreement approved by the County Commission and the City Council in separate votes taken in July, there is no deadline for the bonds to be approved. The Rays are responsible for paying $700 million for the stadium, plus all cost overruns for the new stadium and Gas Plant District.

Commission last week, Tampa Bay Rays ownership said in a letter Monday that its deal to build a new $1.3 billion ballpark is still "in effect."

The Tampa Bay Rays' future in St. Petersburg remains in doubt, as team leadership and Pinellas County commissioners are at odds over the plans for a new stadium.

In a sometimes scolding letter, Pinellas County Commission Chair Kathleen Peters flatly asks officials with the Tampa Bay Rays if they are in or out on a $1.3 billion stadium deal the team agreed to four months ago.

The Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners has given the Tampa Bay Rays a Dec. 1 deadline to either commit to the agreement for a new stadium or provide a notice of termination.

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The President of the Tampa Bay Rays has sent a response letter to the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners following the letter to the baseball team last week.

Despite multiple statements publicly and in writing the new stadium deal is dead, the Rays admit that legally it survives.