Home venues in Ticket Timeline's game data
Buildings the Mutiny called home in the attendance data Ticket Timeline uses—useful when an old ticket names Tampa Stadium, Houlihan's Stadium, or Raymond James Stadium.
- Final home: Tampa Stadium (1996–2001), Tampa, FL — also known as Houlihan's Stadium; listed as the Mutiny's only home in Ticket Timeline's data. Football capacity was about 74,000; typical Mutiny crowds were far smaller.
Coverage in Ticket Timeline's game data starts in 1996, the Mutiny's inaugural MLS season. Tampa Stadium hosted home matches through 1998 and was demolished in April 1999. Raymond James Stadium hosted Mutiny home matches from 1999 through 2001 but is not listed as a separate venue in Ticket Timeline's data.
If your ticket says Houlihan's Stadium, that is Tampa Stadium under a naming-rights label—not a different building. Raymond James Stadium, which opened in 1998, is a separate building where the Mutiny played after Tampa Stadium closed; those seasons are not split out in Ticket Timeline's venue list.
MLS folded the Mutiny in January 2002 when no buyer could be found—the club was contracted, not relocated. Carlos Valderrama and Roy Lassiter, whose 27 goals in 1996 set an MLS single-season record that stood for years, led the inaugural 1996 Supporters' Shield season. Later Tampa-area MLS clubs are unrelated expansion ventures.
The Tampa Bay Mutiny hosted MLS matches at Tampa Stadium in Tampa, FL, USA, listed in Ticket Timeline's data from 1996 to 2001. Dates for those nights are anchored in Eastern time. The building list above is what Ticket Timeline uses when an older ticket names the stadium.