According to a report in Tuesday's St. Petersburg Times, the Rays will not seek state aid for their proposed $450-million stadium on the team's current Spring Training site Al Lang Field on the downtown St. Petersburg waterfront. Rays' Senior Vice President Michael Kalt told the Times the team won't push for a state sales tax rebate during the 2008 session, nor will the decision halt or delay the team's plans for a 35,000 seat, open-air stadium. "We said from the beginning that we don't see [the state money] as crucial," Kalt told the Times. "It's nice to have, but it's not essential. We're not in the business in pushing things through that we think unrealistic."