You can watch the Tampa Bay Lightning play pro hockey in their new Ice Palace or the Tampa Bay Buccaneers play football in Raymond James' Stadium. The Tampa Bay Opera is in its infancy, but not without ambition. Theater is flourishing at numerous venues and available year-round. The Tampa Museum of Art expanded recently and includes a children's activity area. The Channel District attracts artists of all kinds, including numerous fine-art studios, a dance studio and the Warehouse Theater.
Youngsters also like Adventure Island, the water wonderland next door.
More than 300 hands-on exhibits, an IMAX theater and a planetarium comprise the Museum of Science and Industry. Local kids also enjoy the Children's Museum of Tampa, a hands-on bonanza with its own places to create art, blow bubbles, make paper or to visit a post office, grocery store or bank. Four major malls, two large flea markets and several neighborhood shopping centers are among the shopping mix. The areas two newest malls are Citrus Park Towncenter and Brandon Towncenter. Citrus Park Towncenter is located in Northwest Tampa and is designed with individual, unique storefronts as well as captivating bronze statues of children playing.