Skatepark of Tampa
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| Location | Tampa, Florida, United States |
| Opened | 28 December 1992 |
| Website | spottampa |
The Skatepark of Tampa is a skatepark in Tampa, Florida, United States. It is considered one of the top skateboarding venues on the East Coast of the United States. The name is often abbreviated as SPoT, and it is well known for its annual Tampa Am and Tampa Pro competitions.
On December 28, 1992, SPoT was opened only to employees, and on January 2, 1993 the park officially opened to the public.
On April 1, 2012, SPoT announced on its website that the park had been purchased (for US$9.3 million) by rapper Lil Wayne. It was revealed shortly afterwards that the fake press release was an April Fool's joke.
The skatepark includes a terrain park-style "pro course", offering a funboxpyramid and many difficult rails for grinds and slides. Outside, there is a concrete transition course with a pizza oven. The "beginner's course" features many smaller rails and ramps to expand skateboarding skills and also includes the famous bowl.
The street skateboarding course is redesigned every year for the Tampa Pro and Tampa Am contest.
As of 2007, the Skatepark of Tampa maintains a skateboarding team, a party team, a family team, a BMX team, and a business team.
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Am:
The skatepark also doubles as a popular music venue. In 2012, SPoT hosted its 20 year anniversary event with performances from Souls of Mischief and Killer Mike.
The venue also hosts the Transitions Art Gallery music venue on its premises. TAG has served as a springboard for acoustic artists and other musicians. In December 2012, the owner of the Gallery announced he was stepping down and that the venue would be under new management from January 2013. The venue's new owners subsequently announced that the name of the venue would change to Epic Problem.Epic Problem hosts many shows from many post-hardcore bands and one annual show from the nonprofit high school (mainly from Hillsborough High School) sketch comedy troupe On The Brink.
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