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in dollars) | architect = HOK Sport (Kansas City); Lescher & Mahoney Sports (Tampa); Criswell, Blizzard & Blouin Architects (St. Petersburg) | structural engineer = John A. Martin & Associates (bowl)〔(John A. Martin & Associates - Sports & Entertainment )〕 Geiger Engineers P.C. (roof)〔(Columbia University Study: Suncoast Dome )〕 | services engineer = M-E Engineers, Inc.〔(Detroit Tigers to roar in Comerica Park )〕 | general_contractor = Huber, Hunt & Nichols〔(Ballparks.com - Tropicana Field )〕 | former_names = Florida Suncoast Dome (1990–1993) Thunderdome (1993–1996) | tenants = Tampa Bay Rays (MLB) (1998–present) St. Petersburg Bowl (NCAA) (2008–present) Tampa Bay Storm (AFL) (1991–1996) Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL) (1993–1996) Florida Tuskers (UFL) (2009, part time) | seating_capacity = 45,369 (1998)〔(1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Schedule, Box Scores and Splits - Baseball-Reference.com )〕 44,027 (1999) 44,445 (2000) 43,772 (2002–2006) 38,437 (2007) 36,048 (2008)〔(Rays' home opener officially sold out|raysbaseball.com: News )〕 36,973 (2009–2010) 34,078 (2011–2013) 31,042 (2014–present) 42,735 (without tarp-covered seats) | Record baseball attendance = 45,369 (March 31, 1998) | dimensions = Left Field - Left-Center - Center Field - Right-Center - Right Field - Backstop - | publictransit= 16th Street & 1st Avenue S }} Tropicana Field (originally known as Florida Suncoast Dome and later the Thunderdome) is a domed stadium in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, that has been the home of the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB) since the team's inaugural season in 1998. The stadium is also used for college football and since December 2008 has been the home of the St. Petersburg Bowl, an annual postseason bowl game. It is currently the only domed stadium in Major League Baseball that is not retractable. Tropicana Field is the smallest MLB stadium by seating capacity with tarp covered, obstructed-view seats. ==History== After Tampa was awarded the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Tampa Bay Rowdies in the 1970s, St. Petersburg decided it wanted a share of the professional sports scene in Tampa Bay. It was decided early on that the city would attempt to attract Major League Baseball. Possible designs for a baseball park or multi-purpose stadium were proposed as early as 1983. One such design, in the same location where Tropicana Field would ultimately be built, called for an open-air stadium with a circus tent-like covering. It took several design cues from Kauffman Stadium, including fountains beyond the outfield wall.〔(The original Tropicana Field )〕 Ultimately, it was decided that a stadium with a fixed permanent dome was necessary for a prospective major league team to be viable in the area, due to its hot, humid summers and frequent thunderstorms. Ballpark construction began in 1986 in the hope that it would lure a Major League Baseball team to the facility. 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 in 1989. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tropicana Field」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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