With the city and county doing their part, the future of the deal to build a new $1.3 billion baseball stadium and surrounding development rests with the Tampa Bay Rays. Principal owner Stuart Sternberg said Monday they were still deciding what to do.

Tampa Bay Rays owner Stuart Sternberg should sell the team if he cannot salvage the club’s stadium deal in St. Petersburg, to a group that would stand a greater chance of getting a park built in Tampa,

Rays principal owner Stuart Sternberg told the Tampa Bay Times that a decision on whether to proceed with a $1.3 billion stadium in St. Petersburg will come "well before" a March deadline on public funding.

Tampa Bay Rays ownership has yet to decide whether it will proceed with the development of a $1.3 billion baseball stadium in St. Petersburg, Fla., principal owner Stuart Sternberg said.