TAMPA, Fla. \u2014\u00a0A different kind of football took over Tampa this weekend, as more than 7,000 soccer fans filled the grounds at Armature Works for the first of a two-day Premier League Fan Fest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u00a0More than 7,000 fans packed into Armature Works for the Premier League Fan Fest this weekend
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\u00a0Tampa is the 12th stop on the Premier League tour
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\u00a0Matches were displayed on large screens as fans cheered on their teams<\/p>\n
Tampa was the 12th stop on their tour. Fans showed off their colors and support for their teams, and they were treated to food and the perfect pour. And of course, there were a host of games broadcast on giant screens throughout the venue.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt shows how big the sport is,\u201d Tampa resident and Liverpool fan Ethan Haslam said. \u201cI mean, Tampa Bay is a big sports town already, but to see all these fans out supporting clubs at 7 o\u2019clock in the morning, I think it just shows how passionate they are.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Premier League\u2019s live show held a prominent spot at Armature Works. Throughout the show, the hosts repeatedly gave Tampa a shout out. These tour stops have spoken volumes about America\u2019s interest in soccer.<\/p>\n
\u201cSoccer fans in America are amazing,\u201d NBC Sports Premier League analyst Tim Howard said. \u201cThey love the Premier League. They love this sport and they\u2019re willing to travel far and wide to support it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Premier League event gave Tampa a chance to show off its vibes and also its status as a viable soccer destination. It was also a memory maker for the many young soccer fans who showed up and showed off their own skills. Premier League analyst Tim Howard said they are the key to sustaining soccer success in the United States.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019re a parent of a young kid, bringing them to Fan Fest, watching World Cup games, it breeds this new sort of fandom,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. \u2014\u00a0A different kind of football took over Tampa this weekend, as more than 7,000 soccer fans…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1238,274,28,1236,276,13013,115,110,135,137,136,278,835],"class_list":["post-237988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-app-sports","tag-app-top-stories","tag-florida","tag-florida-sports","tag-hillsborough-county","tag-katherine-smith","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-top-stories","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237988","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=237988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}