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The land on which Tampa Stadium was situated had been the perimeter of Drew Field, a World War II-era airfield which was the precursor to Tampa International Airport.In 1949, the city of Tampa bought a 720-acre (290 ha) grassy parcel between the airport and West Tampa from the federal government with the idea of eventually building a community sports complex.
Raymond James Stadium has hosted several large scale concerts, with the largest attendance (72,000) coming at a show by U2 in 2009. [64] The annual Sunset Music Festival is also hosted at the stadium. [65] Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour is the first act in stadium history to sell out two and three shows on a single tour. [66] [67]
During their 1973 tour of the United States, they played to 56,800 fans at Tampa Stadium, Florida, breaking the record set by The Beatles at Shea Stadium in 1965. Similar crowds were drawn on Led Zeppelin's subsequent U.S. tours, and they continued to break attendance records (on April 30, 1977 they played to 76,229 fans at the Pontiac ...
Plant Field was the first major athletic multi-purpose stadium in Tampa, Florida.It was built in 1899 by Henry B. Plant on the grounds of his Tampa Bay Hotel to host various events and activities for guests, and it consisted of a large field ringed by an oval race track flanked by a large covered grandstand on the western straightaway with portable seating used to accommodate a wide variety of ...
Super Bowl XXXV: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida. Super Bowl XXXIV: Georgia Dome, Atlanta ... History of the Super Bowl: Past winners, results, MVPs and locations of the championship game.
Florida A&M holds an 18–10 edge in the meetings since the instate rivalry moved from a home-and-home scenario to an annual neutral site game in Tampa Stadium in 1978. The two schools went through a two-year hiatus in 1983 and 1984, when they could not agree on a playing site, but public pressure from alumni, fans and state officials brought ...
Led Zeppelin's 1973 North American Tour was the ninth concert tour of North America by the English rock band.The tour was divided into two legs, with performances commencing on 4 May and concluding on 29 July 1973.
The following is a list of the performers, producers, themes, and sponsors for each Super Bowl game's show. This list does not include national anthem performers, which are listed in the article List of national anthem performers at the Super Bowl. Names in bold are headline performers.