401 Channelside Drive
Tampa, Florida 33602
813/301-6500
http://www.SPTimesForum.com

The St. Pete Times Forum is Florida's Premier Sports and Entertainment Destination. Home to the Tampa Bay Lightning, the St. Pete Times Forum is the jewel of downtown Tampa. The arena features state-of-the-art technology and innovative design which combine to make this arena one of the finest facilities in North America.

The St. Pete Times Forum features 21,497 seats for the 2008 Women’s Final Four and encompasses 660,000 square feet with three decks and seven separate levels. The arena's footprint includes a multi-level, 1,500 stall parking facility and more than 100,000 square feet of outdoor plaza space. One entire side of the structure is a wall of glass windows that provide crowd-pleasing panoramic skyline views, particularly from the on-site restaurants, Medallions and Icons.

Since opening as the "Ice Palace" in 1996, the St. Pete Times Forum has become a focal point for the community and one of the most successful and popular performance venues in the country. More than 150 events annually, including concerts, family events, ice shows, the circus and indoor sports call the Forum home. In addition to NHL Hockey, the Forum has hosted dozens of major events, including three NCAA basketball championships.

In the spring of 2003 nearly 60,000 fans jammed the Forum for three sessions of the first and second rounds of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship. The St. Pete Times Forum will continue their longstanding run of hosting NCAA Basketball Championship events when Tampa will become only the third city to host the first and second rounds of the Men's Basketball Championship and the Women's Final Four in the same year.