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Before the lightning, it was the home of the tampa bay rowdies, which used the venue for eight of their 16 home matches during the north american soccer leagues 198384 indoor season. Mcelhinney, making his first start for tampa bay, was terrific in the first period for the lightning 111, which led 31. Tampa, rich in pro wrestling history and wrestlers, to. As our partners at water street tampa continue to develop the 60 contiguous acres in the neighborhood surrounding amalie arena, we ask for your patience and consideration when planning your visit to cheer on the lightning or enjoy a concert or family show. Reflecting on the history and the ice palace that is amalie arena. They compete in the national hockey league nhl as a member of the atlantic division of the eastern conference. Even though the ice palace was built for hockey and the lightning were the only major tenant, forbes called the teams deal with the arena a lemon since it would. The stadium is also used for college football, and from december 2008 to december 2017 was the home of the st. Nhl stadium series name and logo, nhl allstar logo, nhl faceoff name and logo, nhl. The move to the massive domed stadium, which was originally built for baseball, more than doubled the teams home attendance. It will mark the fifth game 7 in tampa bays history, with the lightning owning a 31 mark in such games entering the finale of their physical series with detroit. Raymond james stadium, also known as ray jay, is a multipurpose stadium located in tampa, florida.
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