Raymond James Stadium
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| Address | 4201 N. Dale Mabry Highway |
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| Location | Tampa, Florida |
| Coordinates | 27°58′33″N 82°30′12″W / 27.97583°N 82.50333°WCoordinates: 27°58′33″N 82°30′12″W / 27.97583°N 82.50333°W |
| Owner | Hillsborough County |
| Operator | Tampa Sports Authority |
| Executive suites | 195 |
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| Surface | Tifway 419 Bermuda |
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| Broke ground | October 15, 1996 |
| Opened | September 20, 1998 |
| Construction cost | US$168.5 million ($248 million in 2017 dollars) |
| Architect | Populous (then HOK Sport) |
| Structural engineer | Bliss and Nyitray, Inc. |
| Services engineer | FSC-Inc. |
| General contractor | Hunt/Metric Joint Venture |
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL) (1998–present) USF Bulls (NCAA) (1998–present) Tampa Bay Mutiny (MLS) (1999–2001) Outback Bowl (NCAA) (1999–present) |
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Raymond James Stadium, also known as the "Ray Jay", is a multi-purpose football stadium located in Tampa, Florida. It is home to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL) as well as the NCAA's South Florida Bulls football team. The stadium seats 65,890, and is expandable to 75,000 for special events. The stadium also hosts the annual Outback Bowl on New Year's Day and the Monster Jam tour for monster trucks holds an event at the stadium.
Raymond James Stadium hosted Super Bowls XXXV and XLIII, as well as the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship.
Raymond James Stadium was built to replace Houlihan's Stadium at the demand of new Bucs owner Malcolm Glazer. It is located adjacent to the site of the old stadium on the former location of Al Lopez Field, a minor-league baseball stadium that had been demolished in 1989. Once completed, the final cost of the new stadium was $168.5 million, with the entire cost publicly financed.
It was known as Tampa Community Stadium during construction, but the naming rights were bought for US$32.5 million for a 13–year deal by St. Petersburg-based Raymond James Financial in June 1998. On April 27, 2006, an extension was signed to maintain naming rights through 2015. In May 2016 the Buccaneers announced that the naming rights were extended an additional 12 years ensuring that Raymond James Financial's name will continue to appear though 2028.
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