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Designed
to allow for the greater technology of the 21st century
and featuring innovative flexibility and extraordinary
fan comfort, Raymond James Stadium is a Tampa treasure
unveiled for local, national and international events.
This intimate atmosphere has a 66,321 seating capacity
(65% along the sidelines), expandable to 75,000 for
special events such as the first Super Bowl of the new
millennium, Super Bowl XXXV, which Tampa will host in
January 2001. The Tampa Bay area also hosted Super Bowls
XVIII ('84) and XXV ('91) - the 25th Anniversary Super
Bowl, with outstanding success. |
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Superbowl XLIII is coming to Raymond James Stadium
in 2009!
Raymond James Stadium is home to the Tampa Bay
Buccaneers of the NFL. Opened in September 1998,
Raymond James Stadium tickets treat football fans to
an amazing place to take in a game. It features a
103-foot, 43-ton pirate ship, complete with working
cannons, that sits in one of the end zones. When
Tampa Bay scores a touchdown, cannons blast confetti
and mini-footballs into the stands. In the other end
of the stadium, Buccaneer Cove, a two-story
makeshift fishing village, provides a wonderful
place for concessions and restrooms.
The Raymond James Stadium seating chart is capable
of fitting more than 66,000 fans, but has the
ability to expand to fit larger audiences. Raymond
James Stadium's expandable seating chart came in
handy, when Super Bowl XXXV came to Tampa Bay in
2001. The Baltimore Ravens, behind a stingy defense,
defeated the New York Giants to hoist the Lombardi
Trophy at Raymond James Stadium.
Some Tampa Bay Buccaneers history: The
Buccaneers joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion
team. Former University of Southern California (USC)
head coach John McKay was hired to pilot the club,
but Tampa Bay's first season was a dismal one. The
club became the first team in NFL history to lose
all 14 regular-season games, suffering five shutouts
and fielding the conference's worst offense and
defense. The Buccaneers' losing streak grew to a
league-record 26 consecutive games as the club lost
the first 12 games of its second season.
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