The Trop
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Former names | Florida Suncoast Dome (1990–1993) ThunderDome (1993–1996) |
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Address | One Tropicana Drive |
Location | St. Petersburg, Florida, United States |
Coordinates | 27°46′6″N 82°39′12″W / 27.76833°N 82.65333°W / 27.76833; -82.65333 |
Public transit | 16th Street & 1st Avenue S |
Owner | City of St. Petersburg |
Operator | Tampa Bay Rays Ltd. |
Capacity | 45,369 (1998)[1] 44,027 (1999)[2] 44,445 (2000–2001)[3] 43,772 (2002–2006) 38,437 (2007) 36,048 (2008)[4] 36,973 (2009–2010)[5] 34,078 (2011–2013) 31,042 (2014–2018)[6] 25,025 (2019–present) |
Record attendance | 48,044, WWE Royal Rumble 2024 |
Field size | Left Field – 315 ft (96 m) Left-Center – 370 ft (110 m) Center Field – 404 ft (123 m) Right-Center – 370 ft (110 m) Right Field – 322 ft (98 m) Backstop – 50 ft (15 m) |
Surface | AstroTurf (1998–1999) FieldTurf (2000–2010) AstroTurf GameDay Grass (2011–2017) Shaw Sports Turf (2017–present) |
Construction | |
Broke ground | November 22, 1986 (November 22, 1986)[7] |
Opened | March 3, 1990 (March 3, 1990) |
Renovated | 2014[8] |
Construction cost | US$130 million ($303 million in 2023 dollars[9]) |
Architect | HOK Sport (Kansas City) Lescher & Mahoney Sports (Tampa) Criswell, Blizzard & Blouin Architects (St. Petersburg) |
Structural engineer | Martin/Martin Consulting Engineers, Inc. (bowl) Geiger Engineers P.C. (roof) |
Services engineer | M-E Engineers, Inc.[10] |
General contractor | Huber, Hunt & Nichols[11] |
Tenants | |
Tampa Bay Storm (AFL) (1991–1996) Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL) (1993–1996) Tampa Bay Rays (MLB) (1998–present) St. Petersburg Bowl (NCAA) (2008–2017) WWE ThunderDome (Professional wrestling) (2020–2021) |
The Trop
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Former names | Florida Suncoast Dome (1990–1993) ThunderDome (1993–1996) |
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Address | One Tropicana Drive |
Location | St. Petersburg, Florida, United States |
Coordinates | 27°46′6″N 82°39′12″W / 27.76833°N 82.65333°W / 27.76833; -82.65333 |
Public transit | 16th Street & 1st Avenue S |
Owner | City of St. Petersburg |
Operator | Tampa Bay Rays Ltd. |
Capacity | 45,369 (1998)[1] 44,027 (1999)[2] 44,445 (2000–2001)[3] 43,772 (2002–2006) 38,437 (2007) 36,048 (2008)[4] 36,973 (2009–2010)[5] 34,078 (2011–2013) 31,042 (2014–2018)[6] 25,025 (2019–present) |
Record attendance | 48,044, WWE Royal Rumble 2024 |
Field size | Left Field – 315 ft (96 m) Left-Center – 370 ft (110 m) Center Field – 404 ft (123 m) Right-Center – 370 ft (110 m) Right Field – 322 ft (98 m) Backstop – 50 ft (15 m) |
Surface | AstroTurf (1998–1999) FieldTurf (2000–2010) AstroTurf GameDay Grass (2011–2017) Shaw Sports Turf (2017–present) |
Construction | |
Broke ground | November 22, 1986 (November 22, 1986)[7] |
Opened | March 3, 1990 (March 3, 1990) |
Renovated | 2014[8] |
Construction cost | US$130 million ($303 million in 2023 dollars[9]) |
Architect | HOK Sport (Kansas City) Lescher & Mahoney Sports (Tampa) Criswell, Blizzard & Blouin Architects (St. Petersburg) |
Structural engineer | Martin/Martin Consulting Engineers, Inc. (bowl) Geiger Engineers P.C. (roof) |
Services engineer | M-E Engineers, Inc.[10] |
General contractor | Huber, Hunt & Nichols[11] |
Tenants | |
Tampa Bay Storm (AFL) (1991–1996) Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL) (1993–1996) Tampa Bay Rays (MLB) (1998–present) St. Petersburg Bowl (NCAA) (2008–2017) WWE ThunderDome (Professional wrestling) (2020–2021) |