Tampa Sports - Bucs, Lighting, Storm, Devil Rays, Legends, USF Bulls

Tampa Sports & Holiday Inn Express - the Perfect Team!

Looking for a hotel near the major sports venues in Tampa, Florida? The Holiday Inn Express & Suites is your perfect Tampa sporting hotel. Whether you're coming to Tampa for a professional, college or even Little League event, or whether you're here on business or on your family vacation -- let the new Holiday Inn Express & Suites be your hotel for Tampa Bay sporting events. We are conveniently located with easy access to I-4, I-75 and I-275, so getting around is easy.

Live sporting events occur 365 days a year in the Tampa Bay area. With the NFL Buccaneers Football Team, University of South Florida Bulls athletics teams, MLB Devil Ray Baseball Team, NHL Lightening Hockey Team, Arena Football Storm, Major League Baseball teams spring training camps and Minor League Baseball Teams calling Tampa Bay home - not to mention University of Tampa Spartans athletic teams of all types, there's always something going on.

Tampa Sports Venues

USF Sun Dome

4202 East Fowler Ave., Tampa, FL 33620, (813) 974-3111

The USF SUN DOME is a multi-purpose 11,400 seat arena located on the campus of the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. The USF SUN DOME is home to the NCAA USF Men's and Women's Basketball teams as well as other University events. The USF SUN DOME has been one of Tampa's premier facilities for over 20 years and has played host to such acts as Neil Diamond, Jimmy Buffet, Garth Brooks, The Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync, Luciano Pavarotti and the World Wrestling Federation. The new Holiday Inn Express & Suites is the closest Holiday Inn Express hotel to the University of South Florida!

Tampa Greyhound Track

8300 North Nebraska Avenue, Tampa, FL 33604, (813) 932-4313

Live championship greyhound racing July-December. Matinees: Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 12:30pm.; Evening Monday-Saturday at 7:30pm. Buffets Thursdays, Fridays and Saturday evenings in clubhouse. Grandstand admission is $1. Simulcast racing daily, year-round. The new Holiday Inn Express & Suites is the closest Holiday Inn Express hotel to the Tampa Greyhound Track!

St. Pete Times Forum (formerly Ice Palace)

401 Channelside Drive, Tampa, FL 33602, (813)301-6500

Home to Tampa Bay Lightning and Tampa Bay Storm games, as well as other events. The new Holiday Inn Express & Suites is the closest IHG property to downtown Tampa and the St. Pete Times Forum!

Tampa Bay Lightning

401 Channelside Drive, Tampa, FL 33602, (813) 301-6500

Home Games Play at: The St. Pete Times Forum. Hockey season is October - April. The most exciting young team in the National Hockey League plays 41 times a year at the fabulous St. Pete Times Forum in downtown Tampa. The new Holiday Inn Express & Suites is the closest IHG property to downtown Tampa and the St. Pete Times Forum!

Tampa Bay Storm

401 Channelside Drive, Tampa, FL 33602, (813) 301-6600

Tampa's Arena Football Team, the Storm plays their home games at the St. Pete Times Forum in downtown Tampa. Their season runs from February through May. The Storm are five time Arena Bowl champions and always exciting to watch. The new Holiday Inn Express & Suites is the closest IHG property to downtown Tampa and the St. Pete Times Forum!

University of Tampa - Spartan Athletics

401 W. Kennedy Blvd, Tampa, FL 33606

The University of Tampa fields 14 men's and women's varsity sports which compete at the NCAA Div. II level. UT is a member of the nine-school Sunshine State Conference, considered the "Conference of National Champions". Spartan teams are among those national champions, having won NCAA II titles in men's soccer (1981, 1994 & 2001), baseball (1992,'93 and '98) and golf (1987 &'88). The new Holiday Inn Express & Suites is the closest IHG property to downtown Tampa and the University of Tampa!

Tampa Bay Legends

1 Steinbrenner Drive, Tampa, FL 33614, (813) 879-2244

Tampa's new Legends Field, a state-of-the-art facility constructed as the site for the New York Yankees spring games and the Tampa Yankees of the Florida St. League.

Tampa Bay Buccaneer Football

1 W Buccaneer Pl, Tampa, FL 33607, (813) 673-4303

Tampa's Raymond James Stadium, home to NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers football.

MLB Tampa Bay Devil Rays Baseball - Tropicana Field

One Tropicana Drive, St. Petersburg, FL 33705, 888-326-7297

Make a Tampa Bay Devil Ray game your next destination when visiting the Tampa Bay area. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Tropicana Field can accommodate your group of 20-1000 in one of our first-class private party areas. Enjoy the cool, comfortable surroundings while enjoying Major League Baseball at Tropicana Field.

The new Holiday Inn Express & Suites is your ideal Tampa Sports Hotel because of how far you can stretch your travel dollar with all the complimentary amenities that are included in the hotel discounted price of your room:

Complimentary ExpressStart breakfast served daily, includes: sausage gravy and biscuits, bacon and eggs, bagels, an assortment of breads, muffins, hot & cold cereals, fresh fruits, juices, coffee, tea, milk & cocoa, special Holiday Inn Express cinnamon buns
Heated tropical outdoor swimming pool with fountain features
Suites with kitchenette
Free local & 800 calls (US & Canada)
Long distance service provided by AT&T. No surcharges on credit card calls, so call as often as you like
For your convenience - full-sized iron & ironing board in every room
Guest laundry facilities
Kids Under 19 stay free (with adult)
Sofa beds
Pets Allowed - we're a Tampa Pet Friendly Hotel
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