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Happy Tuesday Everyone!

So it's already April, which means I have a little over a month before graduation! WOW! where has the time gone? I seriously feel like it was yesterday that I arrived in Tampa for the first time and moved into McKay Hall. I've been so busy recently trying to get all the work done in my classes, working as much as possible so I can save money for Europe, and trying to figure out where I'm going to live once May rolls around. I need a break!! I'm so relieved that the weather is starting to be consistently nice and enjoyable!

So today is not only a gorgeous day, it is also a very exciting day for baseball fans in Tampa Bay! It's the Tampa Bay Rays Opening Day! The Bay area is filled with Rays fans and they all flock to St. Petersburg for games at Tropicana Field. There have been talks recently about moving the Rays stadium into the Downtown Tampa area. Hopefully this happens so that everyone who lives Downtown, especially UT students, could walk to the games and attend more often! If the stadium were to move Downtown, I believe it would cause the city to blow up. All of the trendy bars and unique restaurants would get the recognition they deserve and locals would start venturing down there more often, creating a buzz. Bringing baseball fans to downtown will also help to promote the other events that take place down there, such as games and concerts that take place at the St. Pete Times Forum.

There is so much to do downtown that adding the Rays stadium would only help the area! I hope that future UT students will get to enjoy a baseball stadium as well as a hockey arena in the same area!