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The land on which Tampa Stadium was situated had been the perimeter of Drew Field, a World War II-era airfield which was the precursor to Tampa International Airport.In 1949, the city of Tampa bought a 720-acre (290 ha) grassy parcel between the airport and West Tampa from the federal government with the idea of eventually building a community sports complex.
Tropicana Field (nicknamed "The Trop") is a domed multipurpose stadium located in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States."The Trop" has been the home of the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB) since the team's inaugural season in 1998.
Plant Field was the first major athletic multi-purpose stadium in Tampa, Florida.It was built in 1899 by Henry B. Plant on the grounds of his Tampa Bay Hotel to host various events and activities for guests, and it consisted of a large field ringed by an oval race track flanked by a large covered grandstand on the western straightaway with portable seating used to accommodate a wide variety of ...
Raymond James Stadium was built at public expense as a replacement for Tampa Stadium and is known for the replica pirate ship located behind the seating area in the north end zone. [5] Raymond James Financial, a financial service firm headquartered in the Tampa Bay area, has held the naming rights for the stadium for the stadium's entire existence.
George M. Steinbrenner Field, formerly known as Legends Field, [7] is a baseball stadium located in Tampa, Florida, across the Dale Mabry Highway from Raymond James Stadium, the home of the National Football League's Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The ballpark was built in 1996 and seats 11,026 people, with an addition in right field built in 2007. [8]
Soccer-specific stadium which was the temporary home of the Chargers during the construction of SoFi Stadium. With a seating capacity of 27,000, it had under half the seats of the next smallest NFL stadium at the time, Soldier Field. Current home of the MLS's Los Angeles Galaxy. Grant Field: Atlanta Falcons: Atlanta, Georgia: 1969 1969
(The Center Square) — With the Tampa Bay Rays' $1.3 billion stadium plan in limbo, it's easy to forget that the team is now on the fourth iteration of a new home. The proposed stadium is to ...
It was located east of Dale Mabry Highway (US Highway 92) and north of Tampa Bay Boulevard, near the center of the land parcel purchased in 1949. Tampa Stadium , a much larger football stadium, was constructed beyond the baseball park's left field wall in 1967.