Amalie Arena, Multi-purpose arena in Tampa, United States
Amalie Arena is a multi-purpose venue in Tampa, Florida, that can accommodate more than 19,000 visitors and includes several levels with suites and seating rows. The interior features modern scoreboards at both ends and a central video system suspended above the ice surface or stage.
Opened on 20 October 1996 as the Ice Palace, built as the new home of the Tampa Bay Lightning; the city of Tampa paid $86 million and the Lightning $53 million. Naming rights went to the St. Petersburg Times in 2002, and the arena became the Tampa Bay Times Forum when the paper was renamed on 31 December 2011. It took the name Amalie Arena in September 2014 under an agreement with Tampa-based Amalie Oil Company, and on 13 August 2025 the Tampa-based mergers and acquisitions firm Benchmark International bought the naming rights.
The arena's name comes from Amalie Oil Company, a Tampa motor oil firm that held the naming rights from September 2014 until August 2025, when Tampa-based mergers and acquisitions firm Benchmark International took them over. The Tampa Bay Lightning, the NHL team that has played here since 1996, still use it as their home rink. The red "AMALIE ARENA" letters remain mounted on the light band beside the glass front.
The building sits in the Channelside District downtown and can be reached by public transport and several parking garages. Events take place throughout the year, with more frequent sports events between autumn and spring.
The venue has one of the largest video screens in the southeastern United States hanging above the playing surface. During renovations in the early 2010s, seats and entrance areas were completely replaced as well.
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