Notable Events
The building played host to the 1999 NHL All-Star Game, World Wrestling Federation Survivor Series 2000, and games of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament in 2003, 2008 and 2011. The Forum played host to 4 of the 7 games during the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals, as the Lightning defeated the Calgary Flames 4 games to 3 to win their first Stanley Cup. The Forum also hosted ArenaBowl XII (1998) and ArenaBowl XVII (2003) and the 2007 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament.
The Forum hosted the 2008 NCAA Women's Division I Final Four Basketball Tournament on April 6–8. Tennessee beat Stanford, 64-48. In 2009, the Forum hosted the Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament.
In 2009, Britney Spears performed at the Forum for her "The Circus Starring Britney Spears" tour. The show is also notable for a wardrobe malfunction and the remark, "Okay, my pussy is hanging out of this fucking --", after she performed "I'm a Slave 4 U" and didn't realize that her mic was still on. The incident later received notable attention and has received thousands of views on YouTube.
WWE Raw and WWE SmackDown has been held at the arena numerous times. WWE held their three hour event inside of the Forum where Raw hosted their 800th episode celebration on November 3, 2008. WWE returned to the Forum once again for the December 21, 2009 edition of Raw where Johnny Damon served as the guest host at the time he was a free agent. SmackDown returned to the Forum on June 8, 2010 edition for the first time in 3 years to tape the June 11 edition. WWE recently host the December 5 edition of Raw.
Tampa hosted WWE Extreme Rules on May 1, 2011 and it was the arena's first WWE PPV since Survivor Series 2000 in 11 years after they replaced the Amway Center in Orlando, the original location for the event. Following the PPV's conclusion, newly crowned WWE Champion John Cena announced the death of Osama Bin Laden which resulted in a big "USA!" chant and internal public address system of the Forum then proceeded to play "Stars and Stripes Forever".
The arena was slated to host an NBA preseason game in 2010 between the Orlando Magic and Miami Heat, the league's two Florida teams. However, months before the game, the arena's basketball floor was treated with an oil-based cleaning solution that resulted in a slippery film forming on it. According to Magic players, the floor was so slippery that they had to walk through their shootaround. The game was canceled half an hour before the scheduled tipoff, and fans received a full refund.
In 2012, the Tampa Bay Times Forum played host to the NCAA Hockey Frozen Four championship finals; this was the first time the "Frozen Four" was held outside the northern US since 1999, when the University of Alaska Anchorage hosted the event at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim, now the Honda Center, in Anaheim, California. The Frozen Four was hosted by the University of Alabama in Huntsville, the nearest collegiate hockey team to Florida. Boston College won the National Championship game 4-1 against Ferris State.
On April 21, 2012, The Tampa Bay Times Forum was host to Rammstein on their Made In Germany tour.
The Tampa Bay Times Forum hosted the 2012 Republican National Convention.
The Tampa Bay Times Forum is set to be the home of the Tampa Bay Flames of the Universal Basketball Association.
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