The Tampa Bay Rays announced Wednesday that single-game tickets for the 2024 season at Tropicana Field will officially go on sale Thursday, December 7 at 10:00 am on the team’s website and on the MLB Ballpark app. The team said the $10 ticket promotion, which was popular with fans, will return for every home game in 2024.
The Rays also made changes to the start times for next season. Weekday evening games, which began at 6:40 p.m. in 2023, will be pushed back to 6:50 for the upcoming year. Weekday day games will mostly start at 1:10 p.m., with the exception of Opening Day March 28 against Toronto (4:10 p.m.), June 26 against Seattle (12:10 p.m.), and July 31 against Miami (12:10 p.m.).
In addition, Saturday home games will have a 4:10 start with the exception of the May 4 game against the Yankees and August 10 game against Baltimore, whose times have yet to be announced. All Sunday home games will start at 1:40 p.m.
Advance parking for games at Tropicana Field will be available for purchase beginning in March according to the team.
Steve Carney is the founder and publisher of St. Pete Nine. One of the people most associated with baseball coverage in Tampa Bay, he spent 13 seasons covering the Rays for flagship radio station WDAE, first as producer of Rays Radio broadcasts, then as beat reporter beginning in 2011. He likes new analytics and aged bourbon, and is the owner of one of the ugliest knuckleballs ever witnessed by baseball scouts.
