With such a central location, there are many different routes to the arena depending on where you’re coming from, but the most straightfoward are via either the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway, which runs just north of the arena, or via Interstate 275 farther north. Petersburg Times Forum and Tampa Bay Times Forum, sits on the southern edge of downtown Tampa in what’s known as the Channelside District (appropriately named, as the arena is located alongside the Garrison Channel). Many concerts and family events that pass through the Tampa Bay region also are staged at Amalie Arena.įor more on visiting Tampa, check out our Tampa Bay sports travel guide.Īmalie Arena, known initially as the Ice Palace and later the St. Since 1996, the Lightning have been playing at Amalie Arena, which sits in a prime location in downtown Tampa and offers one of the better fan experiences in the NHL.Īmalie Arena has hosted many other events in its history, including games in both the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments - including the women’s Final Four three times - and even the NCAA’s Frozen Four.
The fan support was established in the early years when the franchise began play in the tiny Expo Hall, and then came out in droves when the team moved to the cavernous “Thunderdome” (now known as Tropicana Field). The Bolts have iced one of the better teams in the NHL in recent years, a fact reinforced on the rest of the league when the team won back-to-back Stanley Cups in 2020 and ’21 - the second and third titles in franchise history. Since the Tampa Bay Lightning came into existence in 1992, the community has been staunchly behind the team, and it has been treated to some pretty good hockey over the years - and considering the recent past, that’s a tremendous understatement. One of those things is watch hockey, and one visit to Amalie Arena shows that Tampa is far from an only-care-about-hockey-when-the-team-is-good market. The Tampa Bay region may be known primarily for sun and surf, but there’s lots more to do around town.
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