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At the Park with Tropicana®

Tropicana Field® officially opened March 31, 1998-when the Tampa Bay Devil Rays played their inaugural game against the Detroit Tigers. But this state-of-the-art St. Petersburg stadium is much more than the home of the Major League Baseball team; Tropicana Field® also hosts concerts and non-baseball sporting events.

Tropicana's alliance with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays major league baseball team has been a home run. Tropicana Field®, The Devil Rays home in St. Petersburg, Florida, illuminates its dome after a home game win to resemble a giant glowing orange.

Tropicana Field® dome features the world's largest cable-supported roof covered by six acres of fiberglass and supported by 180 miles of cable. The Tropicana Field logo uses the familiar Tropicana typeface topped by the dome that is sectioned in the shape of an orange.

Tropicana Field seats 45,360 and features a state-of-the-art entertainment center, shopping plaza and food court. While enjoying a game or any event at Tropicana Field, visitors can choose from almost 300 concessions. Of course, there's plenty of Tropicana products - the official juice and juice beverages of the Devil Ray's, and Pepsi® -- the official soft drink, available throughout the stadium. The massive food court, "The Taste of Tampa Bay," is designed to offer fans shorter lines and an array of selections designed to make a trip to the ballpark a "culinary adventure."

Raymond's Rookies

Raymond's Rookies was created in 2003 and this year we are making it bigger and better. Tropicana Pure Premium® Essentials Healthy Kids has teamed up with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to bring you more gifts, more great activities and the best of all. A LOT MORE FUN!!!

• The stadium was named Tropicana Field in 1996-two years before the Tampa Bay Devil Rays took the field for the team's inaugural season. Before its $85 million renovation in 1996-97, the stadium was known as the Thunder Dome-the home of the Tampa Bay Lightning, a National Hockey League expansion team. image
• If you turned the 319,000-square-foot stadium upside down, it would hold more than 18 billion gallons of orange juice-and the seats would be very sticky.
• After you attend a night game and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays win, you may see the Tropicana Field fabric roof glowing a brilliant orange color. The dome-the world's largest cable-supported roof-is constructed of 6 acres of translucent, Teflon-coated fiberglass. The roof virtually supports itself via 180 miles of cables connected by struts, using opposing forces of tension and compression.
• In 2003, Tropicana Field underwent major changes that included reupholstering field wall cushions, replacing facia coverings and wallpapering the catwalks. The result is a vibrant new interior that resembles a sunrise. Starting at field level, cool colors, such as blue and green, slowly give way to the warmth of the Florida sunshine in oranges and yellows at the top of the dome.
• The $85 million spent on the renovation of Tropicana Field would buy approximately 68 million 16-ounce cartons of TROPICANA PURE PREMIUM® juice - or enough for about one-quarter of the estimated U.S. population of 270 million.
• Tropicana Field seats 45,369 fans. Its parking lot holds about 7,000 cars.
• There are no rain delays or cancellations. The stadium is built to withstand hurricane-force winds of up to 135 miles per hour. Inside, the temperature is kept at a constant 72º Fahrenheit.
• The Home Plate box seats are the closest in baseball - just 50 feet from the plate.
• The field marks the Major League Baseball debut of Astroturf 12. The substance reacts more like natural grass than other artificial surfaces - helping to deaden the bounce of the ball.
• The infield dirt, known as Mar Mix, is a mixture of 14% silt, 54% sand and 32% clay. The clay - 500 tons of it - was imported from Tennessee.
• The size and shape of the outfield are almost identical to the dimensions of the Brooklyn Dodgers' old Ebbets Field. Just a coincidence.honest.