The Rays should declare in writing whether they want to pursue an existing financing plan for a new $1.3 billion ballpark or walk away from the deal, a top county official says.

In a sometimes scolding letter, Pinellas County Commission Chair Kathleen Peters flatly asks officials with the Tampa Bay Rays if they are in or out on a $1.3 billion stadium deal the team agreed to four months ago.

There's already uncertainty about whether or not the local legislature will approve bonds, and now the Rays have to decide how ready they are to commit to this project.

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The Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners has given the Tampa Bay Rays a Dec. 1 deadline to either commit to the agreement for a new stadium or provide a notice of termination.

The letter also illustrates that the county has not missed any deadlines thus far, despite the Rays “fallacious” claims.