The Tampa Bay Rays will play their final game at Progress Energy Park, Home of Al Lang Field, on Friday, March 28 against the Cincinnati Reds. The Rays will kick off their 2008 Spring Training schedule on Friday, February 29 against the Reds in Sarasota, Fla. The 30-game slate includes 14 home games at Progress Energy Park in downtown St. Petersburg. The home opener will be played on Saturday, March 1 vs. the Toronto Blue Jays. The Rays will host the New York Yankees on Wednesday, March 12. The Cleveland Indians come to town on Monday, March 10 and Thursday, March 20. The Philadelphia Phillies visit on Friday, March 7 and Wednesday, March 19.

The Rays will move their Spring Training headquarters to the newly renovated Charlotte Sports Park facility in Port Charlotte, Fla., in 2009. The historic Al Lang site has accommodated major league Spring Training since 1914, hosting camp for the St. Louis Browns, Phillies, Boston Braves, Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, New York Mets and the Orioles prior to the birth of the Rays in 1998. The Rays unveiled plans to build a new waterfront ballpark on the current site of Progress Energy Park.

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