Expo Hall

Opened in 1976

About Expo Hall

Expo Hall is recorded as an NHL arena in East Lake-Orient Park, Florida. It opened in 1976. Its recorded capacity is 10,425. Its only tenant was Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL, 1993).

Venue Information

Capacity

10,425

Source: Wikidata

Year Opened

1976

Location

East Lake-Orient Park, Florida 33610

Elevation

26 ft

8 m above sea level

Location derived from the venue's coordinates using data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).

Elevation of the venue's coordinates from USGS and NASA SRTM elevation data, via Open Topo Data.

Capacity by layout

Layout	Seats	Source
General	10,425	Wikidata
Concert	11,926	Wikipedia
Hockey	10,425	Wikipedia

Seating capacity depends on how the building is laid out for each event. Figures are the best sourced claim per layout.

Teams

Home seasons at Expo Hall by team, 1976–1993. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
Tampa Bay Lightning While based here: 1 season · 23-54-7 regular season · no postseason trips NHL · 1993 Territory map on ImperialismMap Expo Hall 1993 Tropicana Field 1994–1996 Benchmark International Arena 1997–present	NHL	1993

Records are each team's full-season results while it was based here, home and away games alike, from final scores. They are not records of games played at this venue.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the capacity of Expo Hall?

The capacity of Expo Hall is 10,425.

When was Expo Hall built?

Expo Hall opened in 1976.

Where did the Tampa Bay Lightning play after Expo Hall?

After leaving Expo Hall in 1993, the Tampa Bay Lightning moved to Tropicana Field in 1994. They played there until 1996.

Sources

Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.

Open Topo Data (Public domain): Elevation.
OpenStreetMap Nominatim (ODbL): Location.
VenueStats compilation: Opening and closing years, name history and teams (compiled by VenueStats from Sports Reference and Wikipedia).
Wikidata (CC0): Capacity, Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 17 m of this point).
Wikipedia (CC BY-SA): Capacity, concert layout, Capacity, hockey layout.

Location

Coordinates: 27.9906, -82.3625

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Nearby Venues

Venue	Years	Distance
Benchmark International Arena	1996–	6.4 mi
Phillips Field	1937–1967	6.9 mi
Pepin-Rood Stadium	1899–2002	7.0 mi
Houlihan's Stadium	1967–1998	8.6 mi
Raymond James Stadium	1998–	8.7 mi
George M. Steinbrenner Field	1996–	8.8 mi

Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.

References

Teams on Wikipedia

Tampa Bay Lightning

Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.