The following local businesses and business people support development of Tropicana and Al Lang Fields:
• All-Star Baseball and Softball
 School
• Angie's Cafe
• Banbu Hibachi at Baywalk
• Bangkok Thai
• Bay Medical Center
• Beach Drive Inn
• Beef O'Brady's on 4th
• Besselo Design Group
• Bishop Tavern
• Bob Lee's Tires
• Bucs Stuff and More
• Burkhart Roentgen Radiology
• Cafe Alma
• California Ciccio's
• Ceviche
• City's Cafe & Market
• City Subs
• Caldwell Realty, Poul Hornsleth
• Courigan's Irish Pub
• Courtyard Apartments
• CSJM Architects, Inc.
• D & J Cafe
• Deep Glow
• De Santo/ Push Lounge
• Detroit Liquors
• Doceo, Inc.
• Downtown Apartments
• Durty Nelly's
• Electric Marina
• Euthenics
• Ferg's Sports Bar
• Full Bore Promotional Products
• Game On
• Gateway Florist
• Grill 121
• Gratzzi Ristorante
• Hammerheads Island Grill & Raw Bar
• Heavenly Things
• Hilton Downtown
• James R. Nieset, PA
• Jannus Landing
• Jeremy Wharton
• Jetstream Comfort
• Johnny Rockets, Baywalk,
• Johnson Upholstery
• John Ralph & Associates, PA
• Kahwa Coffee Roasting
• Kelly Hotel
• Krane Development
• KR Development
• L'Olivier Bistro
• Leavengood & Nash, P.A.
• Locke & Associates, PA
• Lucky Dill Deli
• LTA International
• Lumpkin Estate Processing
• Lymey's Pub & Eatery
• Marion's
• Midtown Sundries
• Miles Development Partners
• Moon Under Water
• My Creative Company
• Office Furniture Broker
• On Point Firearms
• One Progress Properties
• Osprey Real Estate Services
• 717 Parking
• Parkshore Grill
• Pelican Pub
• Pkg's
• Queen Emerald
• Reno's Surf Shop
• RCH Capital, LLC
• Roger's Cleaners
• Ronay Jewelers
• Rubin Health Center
• Salon Jim Botts
• Salon Salman
• Sharpwave Inc.
• Sihle Insurance Group
• Simple Living
• Snack Shack
• Strawn, Marshall, Cunningham,
Condon & Sweat, P.A.
• Sunkist Apartments
• Table Restaurant
• Tamiami Bar
• Tampa Reprographics & Supply
• Tanglin's
• Tim Ganley's Fitness
• Tommy Lumpkin
• Tourtelot Brothers, Inc.
• Trilogy Guidance
• West Central Central, LLC
• Vandalia Enterprises, Inc.
• Z Grille
• Zapata's Mexican Restaurant
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Great for Business!
 The new ballpark will bring over 2 million visitors downtown each year, which is GREAT FOR BUSINESS.
Unlike at the the Trop where visitors fill only an ocean of asphalt before and after each game, a true urban ballpark on the waterfront with parking distributed throughout downtown will fill the sidewalks of St Pete, where they will experience our vibrant downtown and visit local businesses. Postcard views of our waterfront will be showcased on TV for 81 regular season games a year, driving tourism. The Grand Prix broadcasts to 400,000 households. By comparison, an All-Star game that would come with the new stadium draws hundreds of thousands of visitors and 30 million TV viewers.
Turning the under used parking lots at Tropicana Field into a retail / residential / entertainment destination is GREAT FOR BUSINESS. There is a $1 billion annual retail sales deficit between Hillsborough and Pinellas. Pinellas shoppers crossing the bridge to shop in Tampa cost the county $12 million in lost sales taxes last year and the city another $2 million.
 Right now, the 86 acres that make up Tropicana Field generate zero tax revenue for our community. Allowing a prominent developer a chance to purchase the land and invest upwards of $600 million on the site will in turn generate more than 10,000 jobs and more than $800 million in new sales and property tax revenues over the next 35 years. 37% or $220 million dollars of that money goes to our schools
Need more reasons to urge your council to allow citizens the right to vote? The new ballpark and redevelopment is expected to draw 1,000 new downtown residents. Denver property values went from 1.77/sf to 27.00/sf since opening Coors Field. The area surrounding Petco Park in San Diego saw property values increase 400%. Rising property values are historically a direct result of downtown stadium development.
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