With a weekend full of events in downtown Tampa, thousands are expected to travel to the area.<\/p>\n
City officials are warning of congested streets and limited parking availability beginning Friday night.<\/p>\n
Whether you plan to join in or avoid the hubbub, we have your guide to navigating Tampa traffic this weekend.<\/p>\n
Tampa weekend eventsFriday, March 6<\/p>\n
Tampa Convention Center:\u00a0Lightning City Gymnastics Gasparilla Classic begins at 7 a.m., followed by the National BBCB Summit at 8 a.m. Both events continue into the evening.<\/p>\n
Benchmark International Arena: Disney on Ice shows at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
Steinbrenner Field:\u00a0New York\u00a0Yankees spring training game at 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Tampa Theatre, Franklin Street: First night of WineFest 2026 at 7 p.m. Franklin Street will be closed.<\/p>\n
Straz Center:\u00a0Performing Arts show at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Saturday, March 7<\/p>\n
Raymond James Stadium:\u00a0She is Football 5k begins at 7 a.m.<\/p>\n
Tampa Convention Center:\u00a0Lightning City Gymnastics Gasparilla Classic and National BBCB Summit continue at 7 a.m. and 8 a.m., respectively.<\/p>\n
Benchmark International Arena: Disney on Ice shows at 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
Straz Center:\u00a0Performing Arts shows at 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
Cotanchobee Park: Tampa Fine Art Show by Hot Works begins at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n
Tampa Theatre, Franklin Street: Night two of WineFest 2026 at 6 p.m. Franklin Street will be closed.<\/p>\n
Sunday, March 8<\/p>\n
Tampa Convention Center:\u00a0Lightning City Gymnastics Gasparilla Classic continues at 7 a.m.<\/p>\n
Benchmark International Arena: Disney on Ice shows at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.<\/p>\n
Straz Center:\u00a0Performing Arts shows at noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.<\/p>\n
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The city of Tampa suggests using alternative transportation options this weekend, including the Free TECO Streetcar, DASH Service, Hart Buses and rentable scooters.<\/p>\n
For up-to-date information on road closures, visit the city’s website.<\/a> The city also details parking options.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With a weekend full of events in downtown Tampa, thousands are expected to travel to the area. City…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179771,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[85018,3821,5168,135,40926,137,136,21265],"class_list":["post-179770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-disney-on-ice-shows","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-straz-center","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-convention-center","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-tampa-theatre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179770","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=179770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}