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.

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

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.

After a hurricane destroyed the roof of Tropicana Field, the Rays had to find a new home for the upcoming season.

Steinbrenner Field will host the Rays this season amid uncertainty about the future of hurricane-damaged 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.

It is named for longtime Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, who ran a shipbuilding company in Tampa and died at his home there in 2010. One of his sons, Yankees executive Hal Steinbrenner, was instrumental in getting the deal done with the Rays ...

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

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 Tampa Bay Rays will play the 2025 season at the New York Yankees' spring training home, Steinbrenner Field, the team announced Thursday. Marc Topkin

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