The Tampa Bay Rays will play next season in a New York Yankees-owned ballpark. The Tampa-based George M. Steinbrenner Field, the spring training home of the Yankees and their Low-A minor league affiliate, Tampa Tarpons, will serve as the Rays’ home field in 2025, the team announced on Thursday.

On Thursday, the Rays announced that they will play their home games at Tampa’s George M. Steinbrenner Field in 2025. The Rays needed a temporary home after Hurricane Milton caused significant damage to the domed Tropicana Field, located in St. Petersburg, last month.

The Tampa Bay Rays will play their home games for the 2025 season at nearby George M. Steinbrenner Field, the spring training home of the American League East rival New York Yankees.

The team needed to find an alternate home ballpark after Tropicana Field sustained major damage from Hurricane Milton.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays will play their 2025 home games at the New York Yankees’ nearby spring training ballpark amid uncertainty about the future of hurricane-damaged Tropicana Field, Rays executives told The Associated Press.

The Tampa Bay Rays will play at Steinbrenner Field, the Tampa-based spring training home of their division rival New York Yankees, for the 2025 season after Hurricane Milton tore the roof off Tropicana Field.

The Yankees will continue to play spring training games at Steinbrenner Field in 2025, and the Rays will continue to use Charlotte Sports Park in Port Charlotte, Fla., for their spring training workouts and games.

The Tampa Bay Rays will host 2025 regular-season games at George Steinbrenner Field -- the New York Yankees' spring training site -- because of damage Hurricane Milton caused to Tropicana Field, the team said Thursday.

Tropicana Field, damaged by the winds of Hurricane Milton, will not be ready for play until at least the start of the 2026 season.

The Rays will play their 2025 home games at the Yankees’ nearby spring training ballpark amid uncertainty about Tropicana Field.