5 things you should know about WWE's new venue Tropicana Field

Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida
Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida

#3 Tropicana Field's Rays Touch Tank

The Rays Touch Tank
The Rays Touch Tank

Tropicana Field actually has a "mini" aquarium just over the right-center field wall. Named The Rays Touch Tank, the tank is a 35-foot, 10,000-gallon tank that actually holds three different species of rays.

The tank in Tropicana Field is one of the top 10 biggest tanks in all of America and gives Rays fans the ability to see rays up close, and even learn about them. It's sponsored and maintained by the Florida Aquarium, a not-for-profit organization in Tampa Bay, Florida.

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For every home-run that is hit into the tank by a Rays player, the Tampa Bay Rays donate $5,000 to charity. $2,500 goes to the Florida Aquarium, and the other $2,500 goes to that player's charity of choice. So far, only eight Rays players have hit home runs into the tank, the most recent being Yoshi Tsutsugo this September.

#2 Catwalk controversy

A look inside Tropicana Field
A look inside Tropicana Field

One of the biggest negatives about Tropicana Field is the catwalk. Tropicana Field's roof is slanted towards the outfield, which means that the catwalks on the dome that support the roof and the speaker system are extremely low the further in the outfield you go.

For years, many MLB players, managers, and critics spoke about what the rules for the catwalks should be. On numerous occasions, balls hit in Tropicana Field that would've been a home run struck the catwalk and were called either out, or a foul ball.

Currently, the Tropicana Field rules state that any ball that hits the lower two catwalks, in fair territory, would be ruled a home run. If a ball strikes the upper two catwalks, that ball is in play and could be caught by a fielder for an out. In 2016, a ball actually hit the catwalk, but got stuck and didn't come down. The rules state that the batter gets two bases in that instance.

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