About Plant Field
Plant Field is a former name of Pepin-Rood Stadium, used 1899–1970. 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.
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Venue Information
Year Opened
Year Closed
Location
Elevation
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
| Team | League | Years |
|---|---|---|
|
Tampa While based here: 1 season
College Football · 1936
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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 Plant Field built?
Plant Field opened in 1899.
Where did the Tampa play after Plant Field?
After leaving Plant Field 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
Pepin-Rood Stadium
1971 - 2002
Plant Field
1899 - 1970
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Nearby Venues
| Venue | Years | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Phillips Field | 1937–1967 | 0.2 mi |
| Benchmark International Arena | 1996– | 1.0 mi |
| Raymond James Stadium | 1998– | 2.9 mi |
| Houlihan's Stadium | 1967–1998 | 3.0 mi |
| George M. Steinbrenner Field | 1996– | 3.3 mi |
| Expo Hall | 1976– | 7.0 mi |
Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.
References
Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.