A new piece of Tampa Bay Rays memorabilia is on the market.
Team founder Vincent Naimoli and his wife, Lenda, are selling their eight-bedroom, 15,547-square-foot home in the ultraposh community of Avila for $14 million.
"This magnificent, privately gated, three-story brick mansion on 10 professionally manicured acres along the shores of the only ski-sized lake in Avila is an architectural masterpiece that reflects a timeless elegance," the description by Keller Williams Realty of South Tampa states.
The home features stone columns, six fireplaces, eight and a half bathrooms; a master suite with whirlpool and sauna, a golf-cart garage, a maid's quarters, a groundskeeper room, a boat dock and a corporate boardroom.
The new owner will live among entrepreneurs, athletes and corporate moguls. He or she can walk two doors over to borrow a cup of sugar from former Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Tony Dungy.
Michael Green, the agent representing the property, could not be reached for comment.
The Hillsborough County property appraiser pegs the value of the property at $3.64 million.
Naimoli paid $1.04 million for the land in 1991 and finished the home four years later, according to Hillsborough County records.
His tax bill for 2008 was $76,479.
Naimoli could not be reached for comment.
Naimoli persuaded Major League Baseball to award a franchise to the Bay area in 1995.
He presided over eight rocky seasons before selling controlling interest in the team to Stuart Sternberg after the 2005 season.
Naimoli was a Rays season-ticket holder and owned about 25 percent of the team stock as of last year. The Rays list Naimoli as chairman emeritus.
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