Question: The ThunderDome in St. Petersburg was renamed Tropicana Field on Oct. 4, 1996. What was the stadium originally called when built in 1990?
Answer: The Florida Suncoast Dome
The venue opened to the public on March 3, 1990, at a cost of $138 million. It became the ThunderDome in 1993 with the arrival of the area’s National Hockey League expansion franchise, the Tampa Bay Lightning. It was renamed Tropicana Field on Oct. 4, 1996.
