{"id":168954,"date":"2026-02-25T18:40:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T18:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/168954\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T18:40:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T18:40:30","slug":"heavy-traffic-expected-in-downtown-tampa-this-weekend-city-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/168954\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy traffic expected in downtown Tampa this weekend: City officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 With thousands of people expected to attend events across downtown Tampa this weekend, city officials recommend drivers consider alternative transportation to avoid heavy traffic and limited parking.<\/p>\n<p>The traffic advisory runs from Friday, Feb. 27, through Sunday, March 1, as festivals, sporting events and performances take place across the area.<\/p>\n<p>Officials recommend drivers use the free TECO Streetcar, Dash Service, Hart Buses or rentable scooters and bikes to avoid the congestion on the roads.<\/p>\n<p>Events this weekend include, but aren&#8217;t limited to:<\/p>\n<p>Friday, Feb. 27<br \/>Saturday, Feb.  28<br \/>Student Television Network @ Tampa Convention CenterGasparilla Festival of the Arts @ Julian B. Lane Park Tampa Taco Fest @ Al Lopez Park Yankees Spring Training @ Steinbrenner FieldStraz ShowsMonster Jam @ Raymond James StadiumLightning Game @ Benchmark International ArenaSunday, March 1<br \/>Student Television Network @ Tampa Convention Center Gasparilla Festival of the Arts @ Julian B. Lane ParkHyde Park Fresh Market Straz Shows Monster Jam @ Raymond James Stadium <\/p>\n<p>Residents can find the city&#8217;s latest road closures listed <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tampa.gov\/road-closures\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here <\/a>and parking options are available <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tampa.gov\/parking\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/JADA.WILLIAMS.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tampa store pulls adult products after community pushback<\/p>\n<p>A Tampa convenience store has removed adult products from its shelves after community members raised concerns that the items were visible to children, prompting a broader conversation at the Tampa City Council about what local government can do to address the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa store pulls adult products after community pushback<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 With thousands of people expected to attend events across downtown Tampa this weekend, city officials&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[205,6184,276,135,5910,3670,137,136,73294,40494,44024,3743,208],"class_list":{"0":"post-168954","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa","8":"tag-abc-action-news","9":"tag-downtown-tampa","10":"tag-hillsborough-county","11":"tag-tampa","12":"tag-tampa-bay-28","13":"tag-tampa-bay-local-news","14":"tag-tampa-headlines","15":"tag-tampa-news","16":"tag-tampa-traffic","17":"tag-things-to-do-this-weekend","18":"tag-traffic-advisory","19":"tag-traffic-congestion","20":"tag-wfts"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}