Tropicana Field Ice Hockey

It was renamed tropicana field in october 1996 and became the home of mlb s tampa bay devil rays now the rays in 1998.

Tropicana field ice hockey. It also was the end for the thunderdome at least when it came to the nhl. Seattle mariners in st. Its first event was a performance by the royal hanneford circus. It is home to the tampa bay lightning of the national hockey league.

Tropicana field opened in 1990 and was originally known as the florida suncoast dome. Unique home ice advantage for early lightning teams. In 1993 the tampa bay lightning moved to the facility and its name was changed to the thunderdome until the team moved to their new home in downtown tampa in 1996. Ans loved the new but temporary thunderdome tropicana field for the tampa devil rays in st.

Attendance in the lightning s first year at the dome averaged. It is the home of the tampa bay devil rays of major league baseball. Tropicana fieldis a domed stadium in st. Built for baseball the building was modified to include an air conditioning system for the ice and a 1 5 million eight sided supervideo screen.

The first hockey game was the lightning hosting the new york rangers which the lightning won 5 2. Petersburg tropicana field s 1 1 million square feet include unique design features and fan amenities found nowhere else in the major leagues. Crowd ever to watch a postseason national hockey league game. It opened in 1996 as the ice palace.

The bolts played three seasons inside what is now known as tropicana field. Find tickets for tampa bay rays vs.