Tampa Stadium

Tampa Stadium

Location	Tampa, Florida
Opened	November 4, 1967
Closed	September 13, 1998
Demolished	April 11, 1999
Other Names	Houlihan's Stadium (1996-99)
Tenants	Tampa Bay Mutiny (1996-98) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1976-97) South Florida Bulls (1997) Tampa Bay Bandits (1983-85) Tampa Spartans (1967-74)

Tampa Stadium (nicknamed The Big Sombrero) was a large open-air stadium (maximum capacity about 74,000) located in Tampa, Florida, which opened in 1967 and was significantly expanded in 1974-75. The facility is most closely associated with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League, who played there from their establishment in 1976 until 1997. It also hosted two Super Bowls, in 1984 and 1991, as well as the 1984 USFL Championship Game.

Teams and Seasons

Season	Team	League
1979	Chicago Bears	National Football League

List of credited publications

League	Date/Season	Team(s)	Type
National Football League	September 2, 1978	Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. New York Giants	Program
	October 21, 1979	Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Green Bay Packers	Program
	November 18, 1979	Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. New York Giants	Program
	December 29, 1979	Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Philadelphia Eagles	Program
	January 6, 1980	Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Los Angeles Rams	Postseason Program
	August 16, 1980	Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. St. Louis Cardinals	Program
	October 12, 1980	Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Green Bay Packers	Program
	December 20, 1980	Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Chicago Bears	Program
	November 29, 1982	Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Miami Dolphins	Program
	October 21, 1990	Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Dallas Cowboys	Program
	December 11, 1994	Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Los Angeles Rams	Program
College football	January 1, 1996	1996 Outback Bowl (Penn State Nittany Lions vs. Auburn Tigers)	Program
National Football League	November 24, 1996	Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. New Orleans Saints	Program

See also

• List of National Football League stadiums

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