JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 It\u2019s less than a day away from the Sea and Sky Air Show at Jacksonville Beach, but we won\u2019t know if the Blue Angels will be performing for sure until around 6 p.m. Friday.<\/p>\n
Action News Jax learned the deadline was pushed back from Thursday at 6 p.m. to Friday at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n We spoke to one business about the potential impact they will face if the Blue Angels don\u2019t take to the skies on Saturday.<\/p>\n Bars and restaurants in Jacksonville Beach say this is one of their busiest times of year and they say that\u2019s because of the crowds the Blue Angels typically draw.<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n Alex Alston, the City of Jacksonville\u2019s Office of Sports and Entertainment Executive Director, promises the air show will still go on with six civilian acts performing.<\/p>\n But some employees working at local businesses say if the Blue Angels don\u2019t come, business will likely be slower than usual, even though they are fully stocked up for a larger crowd.<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n One employee said if the Blue Angels don\u2019t make it, they might not even need to be fully staffed.<\/p>\n \u201cI might not even have to work if the Blue Angels aren\u2019t flying,\u201d Colin Stephens, who works at The Tavern, said. “But we have heard the rumblings to the community that it\u2019s unfortunate that the Blue Angels might not be here and more if they confirm that they are here, then you know people, kids, families, they all look forward to that, you for months at a time. So for them to not be hear, it\u2019s devastating to the city.”<\/p>\n The City of Jacksonville\u2019s point person for the show said the final call on whether the Blue Angels fly over Jacksonville Beach this weekend will be made at 6 p.m. Friday.<\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 It\u2019s less than a day away from the Sea and Sky Air Show at Jacksonville…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19064,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[10580,116,118,117,634],"class_list":["post-19729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-blue_angels","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19729","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=19729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}