BTS will perform back-to-back shows Saturday and Sunday, with an additional show taking place on Tuesday, April 28.<\/p>\n
TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 An entire Tampa roadway is being shut down this week to host a merchandise stand for K-pop band BTS<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Just how big is the K-Pop band BTS? Big enough to shut down an entire road – for their merchandise,” the city of Tampa wrote blatantly.<\/p>\n In addition to heavy traffic<\/a> in the city expected for this weekend’s BTS shows, as well as other local events, leaders announced Tampa Bay Boulevard<\/a> will close starting at 6 a.m. Wednesday.<\/p>\n The following day, thousands of fans are expected to start visiting the area daily to shop for merchandise.<\/p>\n Tampa Bay Boulevard will reopen at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 29.<\/p>\n “Drivers should prepare for delays in the area,” Tampa officials said in a news release.<\/p>\n
BTS will perform back-to-back shows Saturday and Sunday, with an additional show taking place on Tuesday, April 28. Officials expect 60,000 fans in attendance each night.<\/p>\n The band is returning after a nearly four-year hiatus, with Tampa as their first U.S. date of the tour following shows in South Korea and Tokyo.<\/p>\n There will be some additional events taking place on Friday as well, such as the K-Pop Asian Night Market at Perry Harvey Park.<\/p>\n BTS takes center stage at 8 p.m. each night of the concert.<\/p>\n
City officials say using alternative transportation options can help make moving around easier. Options include using the free TECO Line Streetcar, the DASH service, HART buses, scooters and bikes.<\/p>\n They add that garages in downtown Tampa offer free covered bicycle parking and the Benchmark International Arena offers free bike valet for event attendees.<\/p>\n You can learn more about\u00a0parking options here<\/a>, and you can stay up to date regarding road closures that can impact your commute on the\u00a0City of Tampa’s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BTS will perform back-to-back shows Saturday and Sunday, with an additional show taking place on Tuesday, April 28.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240848,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-240847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240847","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=240847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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