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Bob Martinez Sports Center

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Multi-purpose arena in Tampa, Florida

Bob Martinez Sports Center
Construction
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Former names	Spartan Sports Center
Location	Tampa,Florida
Owner	University of Tampa
Capacity	3,432
Opened	July 1984
Tenants
Tampa Spartans (NCAA Division II SSC) (1984–present) South Florida Bulls (NCAA Division I Big East) (2011) Tampa Bay Thrillers (CBA) (1985–1986) Tampa Bay Strong Dogs (ABA) (2006;never played a game)

Bob Martinez Sports Center is a 3,432-seat multi-purposearena inTampa, Florida named after formerTampa mayor andgovernor ofFlorida,Bob Martinez.

The facility is home to theUniversity of Tampa Spartans men's and women'sbasketball teams, as well as the Spartans volleyball team. The Spartan Sports Center, as it was then known, hosted theContinental Basketball Association'sTampa Bay Thrillers for their 1985–86 season. It was also the planned home of theTampa Bay Strong Dogs of theAmerican Basketball Association, but the team folded without playing a game in Tampa. The facility is on the University of Tampa campus across theHillsborough River from downtown Tampa and was opened in 1984.^[1]

^Facilities at tampaspartans.com, URL accessed November 7, 2009.Archived 11/7/09

v t e South Florida Bulls men's basketball
Venues	Curtis Hixon Hall (1971–1980) Fort Homer W. Hesterly Armory (1972–1975) Bayfront Center (1974, 1976–1978, 1979–1980) Lakeland Civic Center (1976, 1979–1980, 2011) Hillsborough Community College Gymnasium (1978) USF Gymnasium (1978–1979) Expo Hall (1979–1980) Bob Martinez Sports Center (2011) Benchmark International Arena (2011–2012) Yuengling Center (1980–2011, 2012–present)
Rivalries	UCF
Culture & lore	Rocky the Bull
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26

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