The groundbreaking for this Major League Baseball stadium was in 1986, a full seven years before it attracted a professional team; however, that first professional team didn't play baseball – it was a professional hockey team.
The groundbreaking for this Major League Baseball stadium was in 1986, a full seven years before it attracted a professional team; however, that first professional team didn't play baseball – it was a professional hockey team. It finally picked up an expansion MLB team in 1998 and the next year it played host to the NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four. FTP, name this stadium, former home to the Tampa Bay  Lightning and current home to baseball's Devil Rays.
The groundbreaking for this Major League Baseball stadium was in 1986, a full seven years before it attracted a professional team; however, that first professional team didn't play baseball – it was a professional hockey team.
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