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 of the Tampa Bay Times first reported the decision.

According to Curt Anderson of the Associated Press, the Yankees are expected to receive approximately $15 million in revenue for allowing the Rays to play at the stadium.

The Rays have been seeking a temporary home after the devastation of Hurricane Milton, which ripped the roof off of Tropicana Field. The Trop reportedly requires repairs that will cost an estimated $55.7 million and should be completed in time ahead of the 2026 season.

The future of Tropicana Field is in question, however, given that the Rays are building a new $1.3 billion ballpark that is scheduled to be open in time for the 2028 season. A $55.7 million bill for only two seasons of baseball might ultimately be more costly than the city of St. Petersburg is willing to oblige.

That would create different questions, however, like where the Rays would play for two seasons. Steinbrenner Field is a solid option in a pinch ahead of the 2025 campaign, but it only houses a little over 11,000 fans. That's far less palpable from a ticket sales perspective over a three-year period.

For now, it appears as though repairing Tropicana Field is the preferred option.

"My initial reaction is that [repair estimates] did fall on the lower-cost side, and the fact that our folks think it could be done quickly is really a best-case scenario for us," St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch told the Topkin and Colleen Wright this week. "It's an obligation of the city under the existing agreement [to provide a facility]. And to me it certainly would answer the question of where the Rays would play in 2026-28, if we have to extend that. I think it's best for all if the Rays are back home for the remainder of the existing agreement."

Welch also noted in a public statement that the hope is that the majority of costs to Tropicana Field will be covered by "insurance and FEMA reimbursements."

Rays' team president Matt Silverman said that the organization will "continue to have discussions with the city about how to move forward."

Regardless of future plans, however, the Rays now definitively have a home for the 2025 season.