Tampa Bay home opener at renovated Times Forum… check out the Tesla coil!

The Tampa Bay Lightning have cleaned up nicely. Not in terms of winning games this season (it’s still too early to tell), but literally: their newly renovated Times Forum has opened, and it’s amazing what some paint and new seats can do. That’s not the only thing new about the place – they’ve added a huge pipe organ, and most impressively, Tesla coils which, when operational, will shoot 20-foot bolts of manmade lightning.
Here’s a pic, via Reddit user randude, of one of the new coils:

The renovated Times Forum has lost around 500 seats due to the renovations, but the 19,204 seats remaining provide an even better view of Lightning hockey.
Check out our complete Tampa Bay Lightning schedule on our site if you’d like to see the team in their new venue for yourself!