The Big Sombrero

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The Big Sombrero was the popular nickname for Tampa Stadium, a now-demolished outdoor sports venue in Tampa, Florida that hosted NFL games, major college football matchups, and large-scale events.

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The Big Sombrero canonical 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American football stadium ⓘ
outdoor sports venue ⓘ
stadium ⓘ
architecturalStyle open-air bowl ⓘ
capacity approximately 74,000 after expansion ⓘ
closed 1998 ⓘ
constructionType concrete bowl ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
demolished true ⓘ
demolishedIn 1999 ⓘ
expanded 1974 ⓘ
1975 ⓘ
fieldOrientation north–south ⓘ
hasCategory Defunct sports venues in Florida ⓘ
Demolished sports venues in the United States ⓘ
hasNickName The Big Sombrero ⓘ
hasScoreboards two large end-zone scoreboards ⓘ
hasSurface grass ⓘ
hosted NFL games ⓘ
major college football matchups ⓘ
hostedEvent Hall of Fame Bowl ⓘ
NFL Pro Bowl 1978 ⓘ
linked to: Pro Bowl

Outback Bowl ⓘ
linked to: Hall of Fame Bowl

Super Bowl XVIII ⓘ
Super Bowl XXV ⓘ
Tampa Bay Bandits home games ⓘ
USFL games ⓘ
concerts ⓘ
locatedIn Florida ⓘ
Hillsborough County, Florida ⓘ
Tampa ⓘ
linked to: Tampa, Florida
nicknameFor Tampa Stadium ⓘ
notableFor high noise levels during games ⓘ
steep upper deck ⓘ
officialName Tampa Stadium ⓘ
opened 1967 ⓘ
ownedBy City of Tampa ⓘ
linked to: Tampa, Florida
primarySport American football ⓘ
region Tampa Bay area ⓘ
replacedBy Raymond James Stadium ⓘ
shapeInspiredNickname sombrero-like upper deck ⓘ
tenant Tampa Bay Buccaneers ⓘ
Tampa Bay Rowdies ⓘ
Tampa Spartans football ⓘ
linked to: Tampa Spartans
usedFor American football ⓘ
college football ⓘ
large-scale events ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tampa Stadium → alsoKnownAs → The Big Sombrero ⓘ
Houlihan’s Stadium → nickname → The Big Sombrero ⓘ
The Big Sombrero → hasNickName → The Big Sombrero ⓘ