The vote to delay the purchase of bonds to construct a stadium came shortly after a letter from the Rays to the commission said the delays are making the deal unaffordable for the team.

The deal to keep the Tampa Bay Rays in St. Petersburg may be on life support. 

Tuesday’s vote by Pinellas County commissioners to again delay the purchase of bonds to build a new stadium for the baseball team could be the end of the line.

The bonds are needed to pay the county’s $312.5 million share of the $1.3 billion stadium, which would be part of a $6.5 billion Historic Gas Plant District redevelopment. Read more at www.wusf.org.