Video shows Tropicana Field’s roof blown off as Hurricane Milton slams Florida

Watch: Roof torn off Tropicana Field, home of Tampa Bay Rays and staging ground for emergency responders

Updated: 11:57 PM EDT Oct 9, 2024

NEWS. ALL RIGHT, JUSTIN, STAY SAFE OUT THERE. MY GOODNESS. WOW. THIS IS THIS IS TROPICANA FIELD. THIS IS WHERE THE TAMPA BAY RAYS PLAY. AND YOU CAN SEE THE INSIDE OF THE DOME THERE. THE LIGHTS VERY VISIBLE THERE. THE TEAM JUST PLAYING THERE A FEW WEEKS AGO. AND NOW THIS IS ALSO WHERE WE HAD FIRST RESPONDERS THAT WERE STAGED, INCLUDING LINE CREWS AND PEOPLE THAT COULD GO OUT TO HELP PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN HURT OR INJURED FROM THE STORM HELP CLEAN THINGS UP AS WELL. AND NOW THE ROOF IS GONE FROM THE BUILDING. THIS IS A MAJOR DEAL BECAUSE THIS THIS VENUE HAS SURVIVED SEVERAL OTHER TROPICAL SYSTEMS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH THE AREA, BUT NONE AS IMPRESSIVE AS WHAT MILTON HAS DONE TO THIS FACILITY. TONIGHT. WE PROBABLY NEED TO GET SPORTS DIRECTOR DAREN STOLZFUS IN TO TALK ABOUT THIS. THIS FACILITY, IT’S AN OLDER FACILITY, BUT NOT SOMETHING ANYBODY EXPECTED BECAUSE LITERALLY PEOPLE WERE HOUSED INSIDE THERE. NOT SURE IF ANY OF THAT DEBRIS FROM THE RIPPED OFF ROOF FELL INSIDE AND COULD HAVE ACTUALLY HURT SOMEONE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT THESE PICTURES THAT WE’RE SEEING LIVE RIGHT NOW, JUST A LITTLE BIT AWAY FROM WHERE JUSTIN’S LIVE SHOT WAS LOCATED, SHOW THE MAGNITUDE OF A ROOF THAT’S NOW BEEN BLOWN OFF. TROPICANA FIELD. WOW. HOPEFULLY NO INJURIES, BUT WE

Watch: Roof torn off Tropicana Field, home of Tampa Bay Rays and staging ground for emergency responders

Updated: 11:57 PM EDT Oct 9, 2024

Hurricane Milton made landfall in Florida as a Category 3 storm near Siesta Key in Sarasota County Wednesday evening.Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Rays, is one building taking the brunt of Milton’s early damage.Video shows the roof being torn off the MLB stadium, which opened in 1990 and is located in St. Petersburg. Watch the video in the player above.The stadium is also a staging ground for emergency responders helping with search and rescue efforts in the area.Milton is bringing powerful winds, deadly storm surges and flooding along much of Florida’s Gulf Coast. Its destructive conditions will be felt throughout Wednesday night and into Thursday.

Hurricane Milton made landfall in Florida as a Category 3 storm near Siesta Key in Sarasota County Wednesday evening.

Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Rays, is one building taking the brunt of Milton’s early damage.

Video shows the roof being torn off the MLB stadium, which opened in 1990 and is located in St. Petersburg. Watch the video in the player above.

The stadium is also a staging ground for emergency responders helping with search and rescue efforts in the area.

Mike Carlson

Milton is bringing powerful winds, deadly storm surges and flooding along much of Florida’s Gulf Coast. Its destructive conditions will be felt throughout Wednesday night and into Thursday.