When is Gasparilla 2025? What to know before heading to Tampa to party like a pirate this weekend
Arr! Gasparilla in Tampa is Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. Attendees can witness the "pirate invasion" as Jose Gasparilla ship sets sail at Hillsborough Bay
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Tampa’s Gasparilla pirate festival: Attendees wary after deadly New Orleans attack
The driver of the truck responsible for the terror attack in New Orleans, who killed 14 people, visited Tampa twice before his rampage, the FBI said.
Suspect in New Orleans attack had no ‘criminal intent’ during visit to Tampa, FBI says
The FBI announced Wednesday that investigators do not believe the suspect in the deadly New Year's Day attack in New Orleans had any "criminal intent" during his visit to Tampa.
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The FBI has been tracking the New Orleans attacker's visit to Tampa. Here's what they've found.
“The FBI Tampa Field Office has not found any criminal intent, to date, as to why the man responsible for the deadly New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans visited Tampa,” a statement from the ...
‘Spanish New Orleans’ is 20C in January and has ghosts, pirates and manatees
Post-Hurricane Milton, the Sunshine State's city of Tampa and its historic centre Ybor is an exciting winter getaway for Brits who enjoy tacos, tequila and tales of terrors in the tropics
When was the last Florida Super Bowl? Here’s a list of every game played in the state
Super Bowl 59 will be played next month at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. How many Super Bowl games have Florida cities hosted?
At least 11 dead after record-breaking snowstorm swept across the South
The Gulf Coast is digging out from a once-in-a-lifetime snowstorm that struck from Texas to Florida, closing airports and crippling roadways.
The South will finally start to thaw this weekend
The snow and ice lingering from a rare winter storm in the South is set to begin its thaw as temperatures slowly return to normal starting this weekend, forecasters said Friday.
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Tampa’s Gasparilla pirate festival: ‘Time flies when you’re having rum’
Every year, an estimated 300,000 participants come to Tampa for the Gasparilla Pirate Festival, a mock attack by a band of pirates called Ye Mystic Krewe. The pirates’ plot is simple: storm the shores, take the city’s key, and parade down Bayshore Boulevard.
Fans Annoyed Over Future Host Sites of College Football Playoff Championships
After the game, "Front Office Sports" on Instagram revealed the future sites for the next five College Football Playoff National Championship Games. The next five will be played in Miami, Florida (2026); Las Vegas, Nevada (2027); New Orleans, Louisiana (2028); Tampa, Florida (2029); and Miami, Florida again in 2030.
Winter storm that dropped record-breaking snow in New Orleans spreads into Florida and the Carolinas
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A major winter storm that slammed Texas and blanketed the northern Gulf Coast with record-breaking snow moved east Wednesday, spreading heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across parts of the Florida Panhandle, Georgia and eastern Carolinas.
Gasparilla 2025 pirate-goers storm Tampa's shore in 121-year-old tradition
Pirate-goers donned all kinds of quirky costumes. Hidden under a 6-and-a-half-foot puppet-like costume, Dennis Martin, 62, towered over parade-goers as “Skully the Pirate,” a costume he put together about six years ago and has been parading it around Gasparilla each year since.