Expo Hall

Expo Hall is an indoor arena located at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa, Florida. It is used primarily as an exhibition hall during the Florida State Fair, but has also hosted concerts and sporting events.

The Tampa Bay Rowdies of the defunct North American Soccer League used Expo Hall for 8 of their 16 home games during the 1983–84 indoor season. At that time the arena's capacity was 9,200.[1] This would also prove to be the league's final indoor campaign before suspending operations following the 1984 outdoor season.[2]

The arena was more famously used by the National Hockey League's Tampa Bay Lightning during the team's inaugural season of 1992-1993. The facility's seating capacity of 10,425 proved too small for the Lightning, and the team relocated to the Tropicana Field (then known as the "Thunderdome") in St. Petersburg for their second season.

In 1994 the expansion Tampa Bay Tritons of Roller Hockey International played for one season at Expo Hall before folding. Mark Messier was the owner of the club.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Bunch, Ken (November 8, 1983). "Arena possible site for Rowdies". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 1-2. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  2. ↑ Beard, Randy (November 5, 1983). "Don't hold your breath as Rowdies unveil schedule". Evening Independent. p. 4-C. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
  3. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19940611&id=5bwwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hfwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6866,151272

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Preceded by
first arena		 Home of the
Tampa Bay Lightning
1992 – 1993 		Succeeded by
ThunderDome

Coordinates: 27°59′27″N 82°21′45″W / 27.990702°N 82.362549°W / 27.990702; -82.362549


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