Tampa Stadium (known as Houlihan's Stadium from 1996 to 1999, and nicknamed "The Big Sombrero" due to its shape) was a large sports venue located at 4201 North Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa, Florida, USA which opened in 1967. Tampa Stadium is most closely associated with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers National Football League franchise, which played all of their home games there from 1976 through 1997. The facility was also home to the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the original North American Soccer League, the Tampa Bay Bandits of the United States Football League, the Tampa Bay Mutiny of Major League Soccer, and the college football programs of the University of Tampa and the University of South Florida.