By Marc Topkin, Times Staff Writer
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Teamwork builds playground Rays owner Stuart Sternberg, center, helps move a playground rock wall into place Saturday. He was one of more than 200 volunteers from the Rays organization, the James B. Sanderlin Family Center, Kaboom and the community to join forces to build a playground at the Sanderlin Center. The design is based on drawings created by kids who participated in a Design Day event in October.
ST. PETERSBURG — Rays principal owner Stuart Sternberg was building near downtown St. Petersburg on Saturday — not a new ballpark, but a playground in partnership with the Kaboom program at the Sanderlin Family Center.
But after months of a stalemate on the stadium issue, Sternberg said he was optimistic about the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce's commitment to spend the next year studying financing options.
"I think any discussion is good discussion ...