ST. PETE, Fla. — If a deal isn't reached by Monday, Major League Baseball officials say Opening Day could be delayed past the scheduled March 31 start date. And that would be bad news for a local business owner.
What You Need To Know
- Spring Training has already been delayed
- Games that are canceled will not be made up, spokesperson says
The MLB lockout is not just bad news for baseball fans but also the businesses that thrive off of regular-season games.
Justin Bishop owns The Shred 813 and parks his food truck at Tropicana Field for every Tampa Bay Rays home game. He picked the Rays as his truck's home base because of the consistency of their schedule, with multiple games each week.
He's catered his menu to everything baseball fans know and love.
"It kind of impacts the whole system that we have going on here," he said. "And without baseball, that takes away our almost everyday income."