Old Tampa Stadium
Petersburg florida united states that has been the home of the tampa bay rays of major league baseball mlb since the teams inaugural season in 1998.

Old tampa stadium. From the groundbreaking on november 4 1967 early. Tampa stadium nicknamed the big sombrero and briefly known as houlihans stadium was a large open air stadium maximum capacity about 74000 located in tampa floridait opened in 1967 was significantly expanded in 197475 and was demolished in 1999. The big sombrero tampa stadium was the bay areas first large football facility. Tampa stadium nicknamed the big sombrero and briefly known as houlihans stadium was a large open air stadium maximum capacity about 74000 located in tampa florida.
The history of tampa stadium. The stadium received 13 million in renovations that included expanding the capacity of the stadium to 72000 and the addition of luxury suites. Tampa bay bandits rowdies concerts and celebrations. Tropicana field also commonly known as the trop is a domed stadium located in st.
Nov 23 2013 old tampa stadium the big sombreroold home of the tampa bay buccaneers and the tampa bay rowdies stay safe and healthy. Please practice hand washing and social distancing and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Tampa stadium houlihans stadium aka. Tampa stadium the big sombrero houlihans stadium.
The buccaneers first game at tampa stadium was on august 21 1975. This is the second part of an epic newschannel 8 special that i had the privilege of producing that chronicles the history of tampa stadium. It opened in 1967 was significantly expanded in 197475 and was demolished in 1999. Petersburg bowl an annual postseason bowl game.
The facility is most closely associated with the tampa bay buccaneers of the national football league who played there from their. With an initial seating capacity of 46477 it was built for the university of tampa spartans football team with an eye towards a potential nfl expansion team in the future. In 1995 tampa stadium was renamed houlihan stadium by the buccaneers.














































































