Tampa Bay is a large, natural harbor and estuary along the Gulf of Mexico on the west central coast of Florida, comprising Hillsborough Bay, Old Tampa Bay, Middle Tampa Bay, and Lower Tampa Bay.
"Tampa Bay" is not the name of any municipality. This misconception probably stems from the names of several local professional sports franchises (including the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Tampa Bay Rays, and Tampa Bay Rowdies) which seek to draw support from the entire Tampa Bay Area, the hub of which is the city of Tampa, Florida.
Read more about Tampa Bay: Human Habitation
Other articles related to "tampa bay, bay, tampa":
... On September 6, 2010 Blount was claimed off of waivers by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers ... On October 31, 2010 Blount recorded his breakout game as a Tampa Bay Buccaneer ... On November 20, 2011 Blount broke free from eight Green Bay Packers tacklers and scored on a 54-yard touchdown run ...
... The Tampa Bay Area serves as a major transportation hub for Florida and the Southeastern United States with three international airports, several local airports and a military airfield serving the area ... located in the eight-county area surrounding Tampa Bay, including the major cities of Tampa, St ...
... The Tampa Bay Rays are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Tampa Bay, Florida ... The all-time record for a Tampa Bay pitcher winning an Opening Day game is one, shared by Steve Trachsel, Albie Lopez, Victor Zambrano, and James Shields ... Although that game was not played in Tampa Bay's actual home of Tropicana Field, it was still considered a home game for the Rays ...
... Tampa Stadium was the first large modern sports venue in the area, holding over 73,000 fans in its final configuration ... It was built in 1967 for the University of Tampa Spartans college football program with an eye toward future NFL expansion ... Tampa U" discontinued its football program in 1974, but Tampa Stadium was soon put back to use when the Tampa Bay Rowdies began play in 1975 and the Tampa Bay ...
... Sunshine Skyway Bridge spans the mouth of Tampa Bay from Bradenton on the south to St ... Part of I-275 Gandy Bridge spans Old Tampa Bay from Tampa on the east to St ... Howard Frankland Bridge spans middle of Old Tampa Bay from Tampa on the east to St ...
Famous quotes containing the word bay:
“Three miles long and two streets wide, the town curls around the bay ... a gaudy run with Mediterranean splashes of color, crowded steep-pitched roofs, fishing piers and fishing boats whose stench of mackerel and gasoline is as aphrodisiac to the sensuous nose as the clean bar-whisky smell of a nightclub where call girls congregate.”
—Norman Mailer (b. 1923)