St. Petersburg gets nine bids for Tropicana Field redevelopment
By Emma Behrmann
Tampa Bay Business Journal
Published: Feb 3, 2026

Nine groups have bid on the opportunity to redevelop St. Petersburg’s 86-acre Historic Gas Plant site, currently home to Tropicana Field.

The city’s 30-day window closed at 10 a.m. Tuesday, ending a third attempt in six years to find a developer to transform one of the most coveted pieces of dirt in the Southeastern United States. Competitors were invited to submit alternative proposals to the unsolicited bid Ark Ellison Horus, a partnership of investor Cathie Wood, Ellison Development and Horus Construction, submitted in October.

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