Despite a recent city council vote calling for a pause, St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch has reaffirmed his commitment to redeveloping the Tropicana Field site, calling it the city's largest project. Welch delivered these remarks during a State of the City address at the Palladium, which WUSF described as an unprecedented local politics event. Welch emphasized his intention to continue the redevelopment process after prior agreements ended and new proposals came in, WUSF reported. He also pledged