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Raymond James Stadium
Home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tampa, FL
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Teams
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
NFL · football
1998–present
Also known as Ray Jay
Stadium facts
- Capacity
- 69,218
- Listed for 2022 through the present, expandable to 75,000. The page shows 66,321 for 1998–2000.Source for capacity
- Record attendance
- 74,512
- 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship Game.Source for record attendance
- Opened
- September 20, 1998
- The Buccaneers beat the Bears 27–15. Ground broken October 15, 1996.Source for opened
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Timeline
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September 20, 1998
Opening
Raymond James Stadium opened on September 20, 1998, and the Buccaneers beat the Bears 27–15. The construction cost on the page is $168.5 million. Ray Jay and The New Sombrero are the nicknames.
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