{"id":233886,"date":"2026-04-16T06:48:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T06:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/233886\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T06:48:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T06:48:19","slug":"tampas-old-city-hall-bridges-to-light-up-purple-for-bts-concerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/233886\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa\u2019s Old City Hall, bridges to light up purple for BTS concerts"},"content":{"rendered":"

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 The City of Tampa is getting ready to welcome K-pop icons BTS ahead of their three-show stop at Raymond James Stadium this month.<\/p>\n

The city\u2019s bridges and Old City Hall will be illuminated with purple lights from April 26 \u2013 29.<\/p>\n

WFLA photojournalist finds missing Tampa 11-year-old <\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cAll 3 shows will be DYNAMITE, and they couldn\u2019t have picked a better city for the first North American stop on their world tour,\u201d Mayor Jane Castor wrote in a Facebook post<\/a>, which featured a video showing her putting on purple beads and sunglasses and pointing at the now-purple building, using audio of the BTS hit \u201cButter.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(Courtesy Jane Castor)<\/p>\n

The color purple has become associated with the group and its fans, known as ARMY, after BTS member V coined the phrase \u201cI purple you\u201d<\/a> at an event 10 years ago. Fans say purple is a symbol of the admiration BTS and the ARMY have for each other.<\/p>\n

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For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WFLA. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) \u2014 The City of Tampa is getting ready to welcome K-pop icons BTS ahead of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233887,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[58778,11284,5756,104449,104448,11708,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-233886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-bts","tag-city-of-tampa","tag-jane-castor","tag-purple-beads","tag-purple-lights","tag-raymond-james-stadium","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233886","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=233886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}