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The Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League have been around since 1991, although they spent the 1987 through 1990 seasons in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as the Pittsburgh Gladiators.

Upon relocating from Pittsburgh to St. Petersburg, Florida, the Gladiators were renamed the Tampa Bay Storm and their home games would be played at the Suncoast Dome (later to be known as the Thunderdome). The Storm would play at the Thunderdome from 1991 until 1995. Tampa Bay set several single game attendance records and in those five seasons in suburban Tampa, win three Arena Bowl titles.

In 1996, the Storm would move from the Thunderdome (later to be renamed Tropicana Field) to the Ice Palace (later to be known as the St. Pete Times Forum), where it would call home for the next 12 seasons and along the way, win two more Arena Bowl titles.

Written by Leonard Weirich