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...Welcome back to the Suncoast Dome in Saint Petersburg, Florida, for the 1995 Women's Lacrosse World Championships...
...maybe not, not in the least. Maybe this year there is no beast. What if all the favorites won, And the Charleston four were number ones, And all the upstarts went right home, Having lost in the Suncoast Dome...
When St. Petersburg built the Suncoast Dome in 1987, it aimed to be the first Florida city to attract a major league baseball team. The recession didn't stanch enthusiasm for the project. As assistant city manager Rick Dodge notes, in what sounds like a bow to Clintonomics: "Cities that are coming out of the recession are cities investing in the future." But this brave leap seemed to be over a cliff. Three times the majors took St. Pete to the altar, and three times the town was jilted: first with the Chicago White Sox, then with a prospective expansion...
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