A strange coliseum-like structure located in Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park in Tampa, Florida on the shores of the Hillsborough River. Dubbed the Hobo
Death Arena (or Coliseum) by members of the St. Lawrence University
Crew Team in March 2005, it is the backdrop for epic battles between hobos found on the streets by said
crew team on their daily runs from the Days Inn on
Dale Mabry Boulevard to Julian B. Lane Park for morning practice during Spring Break. The hobos are allowed a choice of weapons - broken 40 oz. bottles, 2x4s, hypodermic needles found washed up on the docks, pieces of shopping carts or coked-out hookers. The winner is rewarded with a week's supply of
Colt 40s and the
loser's body is dumped in the Hillsborough River.
Common abbreviation is HDA.
When sent to the Hobo
Death Arena, the weapon of choice for most competitors is the broken forty.
One
time somebody wrote "SHIT" in shit on the wall of the men's bathroom in the Hobo
Death Arena. The Director of Rowing called it Performance Art.