Pepin-Rood Stadium

Opened in 1899

About Pepin-Rood Stadium

Pepin-Rood Stadium was a College Football stadium in Tampa, Florida. It opened in 1899 and closed in 2002. Its only tenant was Tampa (College Football, 1936). On our ranked lists it ranks 271st shortest-lived of 273 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years. It has also been known as Plant Field (1899–1970).

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271st shortest-lived of 273 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years
140th shortest-lived of 142 football stadiums with known opening and closing years
108th shortest-lived of 110 College Football stadiums with known opening and closing years

Photo of Pepin-Rood Stadium — Photo by Unknown authorUnknown author. License: Public domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Venue Information

Year Opened

1899

Year Closed

2002

Location

Tampa, Florida

Elevation

17 ft

5 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.

Teams

Home seasons at Pepin-Rood Stadium by team, 1899–2002. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
Tampa While based here: 1 season College Football · 1936 Plant Field 1936 Phillips Field 1937–1966 Tampa Stadium 1967–1974	College Football	1936

Game results are on record only for top-division college football seasons; other seasons count toward seasons here but not toward the record.

Frequently Asked Questions

When was Pepin-Rood Stadium built?

Pepin-Rood Stadium opened in 1899.

Where did the Tampa play after Pepin-Rood Stadium?

After leaving Pepin-Rood Stadium in 1936, the Tampa moved to Phillips Field in 1937. They played there until 1966.

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): Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 0 m of this point).
Wikimedia Commons (Public domain): Photograph.

Historical Names