Tropicana Field

Home of the Tampa Bay Rays

St. Petersburg, FL

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Teams

Tampa Bay Rays
MLB · baseball
1998–present

Also known as The Trop

Stadium facts

Capacity: 25,025; Listed for 2019 through the present, expandable to 42,735. The page shows 45,369 in 1998 and a long decline after that.Source for capacity
Record attendance: 48,044; 2024 Royal Rumble. A Stanley Cup playoff game on April 23, 1996, is listed at 28,183, then a league record.Source for record attendance
Opened: March 3, 1990; Ground broken November 22, 1986. The building opened as the Florida Suncoast Dome.Source for opened
Surface: Shaw Sports Turf; Since 2017. Earlier surfaces include AstroTurf (1998–1999) and FieldTurf (2000–2010).Source for surface
Roof: Fixed dome; The page says it is the only non-retractable domed stadium in Major League Baseball.Source for roof
Cost: $130 million; Construction cost on the stadium page.Source for cost

Names and sponsors

Florida Suncoast Dome
1990–1993
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ThunderDome
1993–1996
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Tropicana Field
1996–present
No dollar terms for the naming deal were taken from the page.
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The Trop
Nickname
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Timeline

1990
1996
2008
2008
2024
2026

March 3, 1990

Opens as the Suncoast Dome

The building opened on March 3, 1990, as the Florida Suncoast Dome. One of the first large events the page names is a Don Henley concert on June 29, 1990. The construction cost listed is $130 million.

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