USF Sun Dome, Multi-purpose arena at University of South Florida, Tampa, United States
The Yuengling Center is an indoor arena on the southeast side of the University of South Florida campus in Tampa. Its pale grey dome, divided by vertical seams with a darker band at its base, sits above scalloped grey and white panels and tan masonry walls with dark rectangular recesses. It seats 10,500, including over 3,500 in the student section.
The arena opened in 1980 as the USF Sun Dome and kept that name until 2018. A sponsorship partnership with Yuengling led to the venue's current name.
The student section was renamed in 2024 for former USF men's basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim after his death. The arena also hosts USF commencement ceremonies, and its first concert, on November 25, 1980, was Alice Cooper.
The arena sits on the southeast side of the USF campus near Fowler Avenue, in the USF Athletics District. A 2011-2012 renovation added a new concourse level with concessions and restrooms and reconfigured seating to meet ADA standards. The Corral, a 11,500-square-foot volleyball facility seating up to 1,000, stands on the west side.
WWE's ThunderDome residency at the arena ran from April 2021 to July 2021, with shows broadcast from a behind-closed-doors set after the promotion's earlier stay at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. Wrestling had come to the building before: the 1995 Royal Rumble pay-per-view was held here.
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