Tropicana Field
The Trop
Location	1 Tropicana Drive St. Petersburg, Florida 33705
Broke ground	1986
Opened	March 3, 1990
Owner	City of St. Petersburg
Surface	FieldTurf with dirt infield
Construction cost	$130 million
Architect	HOK Sport (Kansas City); Lescher & Mahoney Sports (Tampa); Criswell, Blizzard & Blouin Architects (St. Petersburg)
Former names	Florida Suncoast Dome (1990-1993) Thunderdome (1993-1996)
Tenants
Tampa Bay Storm (AFL) (1991-1996) Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL) (1993-1996) Tampa Bay Devil Rays (MLB) (1998-present)
Capacity
38,437 (2007)
Dimensions
Left Field - 315 ft Left-Center - 370 ft Center Field - 404 ft Right-Center - 370 ft Right Field - 322 ft Backstop - 50 ft

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History

The ballpark originally began construction in 1986 in the hope that it would lure a Major League Baseball team to the Tampa Bay area. It was taken for granted that a domed stadium was necessary for a prospective major league team to be viable in the area, due to its extremely hot, humid summers and frequent thunderstorms. This article is currently under construction // This year in baseball Events January 8 - Willie McCovey is the only player elected this year to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America, and becomes the 16th player elected in his first year of eligibility. ...

The stadium, built originally as the Florida Suncoast Dome, was first used in an attempt to entice the Chicago White Sox to relocate if a new ballpark were not built to replace the aging Comiskey Park. The governments of Chicago and Illinois eventually agreed to build a New Comiskey Park (now known as U.S. Cellular Field) in 1989. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the original Comiskey Park. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs in Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country State Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... U.S. Cellular Field a. ... 1989 in baseball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

The stadium was finished in 1990, but still had no tenants. There were rumors of the Seattle Mariners moving in the early part of the 1990s, and the San Francisco Giants came close to moving to the area, with Tampa Bay investors even announcing they were in a press conference in 1992. However, the sale was blocked under pressure from San Francisco officials and the then-owner of the Florida Marlins, Blockbuster Video Chairman H. Wayne Huizenga. A local boycott of Blockbuster Video stores occurred for several years thereafter. The following are the baseball events of the year 1990 throughout the world. ... Major league affiliations American League (1977–present) West Division (1977–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 42 Name Seattle Mariners (1977–present) Other nicknames The Ms Ballpark Safeco Field (1999–present) King County Domed Stadium (Kingdome) (1977-1999) Major league titles World Series titles (0) none AL Pennants (0) None... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Major league affiliations National League (1883–present) West Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers NY, NY, 3, 4, 11, 24, 27, 30, 36, 42, 44 Name San Francisco Giants (1958–present) New York Giants (1885–1957) New York Gothams (1883–1885) Other nicknames Jints, Gigantes, G-Men Ballpark AT... The following are the baseball events of the year 1992 throughout the world. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Major league affiliations National League (1993–present) East Division (1993–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 5, 42 Name Florida Marlins (1993–present) Other nicknames The Fish Ballpark Dolphin Stadium (1993–present) a. ... Blockbuster Inc. ... Harry Wayne Huizenga (born on December 29, 1937) is an American who has built several companies into multi-billion dollar enterprises, mostly through an aggressive process of acquisitions. ...

The Suncoast Dome did manage to gain a tenant in 1993 when the Tampa Bay Lightning made the stadium its home for three seasons. In the process, the Suncoast Dome was renamed the Thunderdome. Because of the large capacity of what was basically a park built for baseball, several NHL attendance records were set during their time there. The Tampa Bay Storm of the AFL also played there during the Thunderdome era, and set attendance records for that league as well. Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... The Tampa Bay Lightning are a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. ... “NHL” redirects here. ... Conference National Division Southern Year founded 1987 Home arena St. ... The Arena Football League (AFL) was founded in 1987 as an American football indoor league. ...

Finally, in 1995, the dome got a baseball team when MLB expanded to the Tampa Bay area. Changes were made to the stadium and the name, which was changed due to the sale of naming rights to Tropicana Products, thus renaming it Tropicana Field in 1996. A $70 million renovation then took place — to upgrade a stadium that had cost $115 million to complete only eight years earlier. Ebbets Field was the model for the renovations, which included a replica of the famous rotunda that greeted Dodger fans for many years. The first regular season baseball game took place at the park on March 31, 1998, when the Devil Rays faced the Detroit Tigers, losing 11-6. The following are the baseball events of the year 1995 throughout the world. ... Naming rights are the right to name a piece of property, either tangible property or an event, usually granted in exchange for financial considerations. ... Tropicana Orange Juice Tropicana Products is an American company based in Bradenton, Florida, USA, which is one of the worlds largest producers and marketers of orange juice. ... The following are the baseball events of the year 1996 throughout the world. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ... Ebbets Field was a Major League Baseball park located in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York. ... Major league affiliations National League (1890–present) West Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 2, 4, 19, 20, 24, 32, 39, 42, 53 Name Los Angeles Dodgers (1958–present) Brooklyn Dodgers (1932-1957) Brooklyn Robins (1914-1931) Brooklyn Dodgers (1911-1912) Brooklyn Superbas (1899-1910), (1913) Brooklyn Grooms... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (91st in leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) Central Division (1998–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 2, 5, 6, 16, 23, 42 Name Detroit Tigers (1901–present) Other nicknames The Bless You Boys Ballpark Comerica Park (2000–present) Tiger Stadium (1912-1999) Briggs Stadium (1938-1960) Navin Field (1912-1938) Bennett...

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The walkway to the main entrance of the park features a 900ft.-long (272 m) ceramic tile mosaic, made of 1,849,091 one-inch-square tiles. It is the largest outdoor tile mosaic in Florida, and the fifth-largest in the United States. ^[1] Fixed Partial Denture, or Bridge The word ceramic is derived from the Greek word κεραμικός (keramikos). ... Mission, or barrel, roof tiles A tile is a manufactured piece of hard-wearing material such as ceramic, stone, porcelain, metal or even glass. ...

The park was initially built with an AstroTurf surface, but it was replaced in 2000 by softer FieldTurf, becoming the first major professional facility to use it. A new version of FieldTurf, FieldTurf Duo, was installed prior to the 2007 season. Unlike the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome and Rogers Centre, the other remaining FieldTurf baseball facilities, Tropicana Field converted from a sliding pit infield configuration popular with artificial turf facilities since the 1970s to a full clay infield when the first FieldTurf surface was installed. On August 6, 2007, the clay warning track will be replaced by brown-colored FieldTurf Duo. This article is about artificial grass. ... The following are the baseball events of the year 2000 throughout the world. ... The wide plain of FieldTurf used at Torontos Rogers Centre was installed after the 2004 baseball season. ... The following are the baseball events of the year 2007 throughout the world. ... The entrance The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, usually simply called The Metrodome or The Dome, and often nicknamed the Homerdome (even though in reality it is no friendlier to the long ball than average[3]), is a domed sports stadium in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. ... Rogers Centre, formerly known as SkyDome,[1] is a multi-purpose stadium in Toronto, Ontario, situated next to the CN Tower near the shores of Lake Ontario. ...

The roof is lit orange whenever the Devil Rays win at home.

In 2006 the Devil Rays added a live Ray tank to Tropicana Field. People can go up to the tank to touch the Rays.

Tropicana Field underwent a further $25-million facelift prior to the 2006 season. Another $10 million in improvements was added during the season. Further improvements prior to the 2007 offseason, in addition to the new FieldTurf, include additional family features in the right field area and the creation of a new premium club in the first base-side mezzanine sponsored by Whitney Bank, and several new video boards including a new 35ft. x 64ft. (10.5m x 19.4m) main video board that is four times larger than the original video board. The 2007 renovation also added built-in high-definition television capabilities to the ballpark, with FSN Florida and WXPX airing at least a quarter of the schedule in HD in 2007, and all video board graphics and video being produced in HD as well. The following are the baseball events of the year 2006 throughout the world. ... The following are the baseball events of the year 2007 throughout the world. ... Projection screen in a home theater, displaying a high-definition television image. ... Fox Sports Net Florida (FSN Florida) is a television channel that shows local sports coverage in the state of Florida. ... WXPX channel 66 is an i network affiliate, owned and opeated by Paxson Communications, which owned the station since its founding in 1994. ...

Ted Williams Museum/Hitters Hall of Fame

In 2006, the Ted Williams Museum/Hitters Hall of Fame was moved to the facility after its original facility in Hernando, Florida, went bankrupt. A new 7,000-square-foot upstairs wing was opened in 2007, which now houses the exhibits on Ted Williams' careers both with the Boston Red Sox and the United States Marine Corps during World War II and the Korean War, and the monuments to the members of the Hitters Hall of Fame complete with memorabilia, with donated authentic memorabilia wherever possible and many of Williams' own personal mementos from his career and post-playing life. Williams did not induct himself into his own Hitters Hall of Fame, and was inducted in 2003 only after he died. Theodore Samuel Williams (August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002), best known as Ted Williams, nicknamed The Kid, the Splendid Splinter, Teddy Ballgame and The Thumper, was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball. ... Hernando is a census-designated place located in Citrus County, Florida. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 4, 8, 9, 27, 42 Name Boston Red Sox (1908–present) Boston Americans (1901-1907) Other nicknames The BoSox, The Olde Towne Team, The Sox Ballpark Fenway Park (1912–present) Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds... The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the United States military responsible for providing power projection from the sea,[1] utilizing the mobility of the U.S. Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Combatants United Nations:  Republic of Korea,  Australia,  Belgium,  Luxembourg,  Canada,  Colombia,  Ethiopia,  France,  Greece,  Luxembourg,  Netherlands,  New Zealand,  Philippines,  South Africa,  Thailand,  Turkey,  United Kingdom,  United States Medical staff:  Denmark,  Australia,  Italy,  Norway,  Sweden Communist states:  Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,  Peoples Republic of China,  Soviet Union Commanders...

The museum is open during game days, opening and closing at the same time as the park. Admission is free, and the museum is open to all ticketholders.

Criticisms

Among the most cited criticisms about the stadium are the four catwalks that hang from the ceiling. The roof was slanted in order to reduce the interior volume, reduce cooling costs, and better protect the stadium from hurricanes. Therefore, the dome is tilted toward the outfield, resulting in the catwalks being lower in the outfield. The upper catwalks are Ring A and Ring B; these catwalks are entirely in play and balls bouncing off them can be caught for outs, or drop for base hits. Ring C and Ring D are out of play; if they are struck between the foul poles (each one has a yellow post marking the relative foul line position), then the ball is ruled a home run. A few hits have been lost in them – for example, Devil Ray Jonny Gomes was called out during a game against the Toronto Blue Jays on May 12, 2006, when a ball he hit landed in Ring B and rolled off to be caught by Toronto shortstop John McDonald. By the time it was caught, Gomes was already headed for home plate. Although Rays manager Joe Maddon tried to argue that it should have been at least a ground rule double since it stayed in Ring B for a while before coming loose, umpires eventually ruled against the Devil Rays and called Gomes out. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1843x676, 105 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Tropicana Field User:Wknight94/Gallery ... Model on the catwalk during Spring 2007 Fashion Week, New York City. ... This article is about weather phenomena. ... Mark McGwire swinging for the fences. ... Jonny Johnson Gomes (born November 22, 1980, in Petaluma, California) is a current outfielder and designated hitter in Major League Baseball. ... Major league affiliations American League (1977–present) East Division (1977–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 42 Name Toronto Blue Jays (1977–present) Other nicknames The Jays Ballpark Rogers Centre (1989–present) a. ... is the 132nd day of the year (133rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Joseph McDonald (born September 24, 1974 in New London, Connecticut) is a Major League Baseball infielder for the Toronto Blue Jays, primarily known for his defensive abilities. ... New York Yankees manager Joe Torre returning to the dugout (September 2005). ... Joseph John Maddon (born September 19, 1954, in Hazleton, Pennsylvania is the current manager of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in Major League Baseball, having been announced to that position on November 15, 2005. ... In baseball, a ground rule double is a term used to describe any fair ball that leaves the playing field, but in a situation where regulations prohibit calling the hit a home run. ...

Another criticism of the stadium is the drab interior environment; although the stadium is located in a subtropical climate, one cannot tell from inside the dome. The interior has been compared to a large warehouse. However, since it is somewhat smaller than most domes, the atmosphere is somewhat more intimate than other domed stadiums. Subtropical (or semitropical) areas are those adjacent to the tropics, usually roughly defined as the ranges 23. ... Old warehouses in Amsterdam Inside Green Logistics Co. ...

The dome was built on the former site of a coal gasification plant and in 1987 hazardous chemicals were found in the soil around the construction site. The city spent millions of dollars to remove the chemicals from the area.^[2]

See also

• St. Pete Times Forum, home of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Tampa Bay Storm
• Raymond James Stadium, home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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Photo Gallery

Interior of Tropicana Field. Image File history File links Tropicana_field. ...	View from the outfield. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2304x1536, 766 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Tropicana Field Baseball park User:Wknight94/Gallery Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital...	Monument outside the stadium. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1200 × 1600 pixel, file size: 444 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Monument on street near the trop File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ...	In front of main gate. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 421 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ...
View of stadium from parking lot. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 414 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ...	View of stadium from nearby expressway. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 2. ...

References

External links

• Ballpark Digest review of Tropicana Field
• Official website of Tropicana Field

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