{"id":245193,"date":"2026-04-24T19:42:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T19:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/245193\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T19:42:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T19:42:18","slug":"buccaneers-host-2026-nfl-draft-watch-party-in-st-pete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/245193\/","title":{"rendered":"Buccaneers host 2026 NFL Draft watch party in St. Pete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"898\" height=\"398\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/e38f4a93d12e0d5026957b360a7da429.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>SAINT PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) \u2013 Thousands of Bucs fans flocked to downtown St. Pete along Central Avenue for the 2026 NFL Draft Watch Party on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the spot to be. I travel, and I love this, I love the excitement, the spirit. We\u2019re going to have a good season this year,\u201d said one fan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis party is a lot different than others, to be honest. We were in the stadium last year, and this year it looks like they closed off a couple of blocks for us. There\u2019s a lot more to do,\u201d said another.<\/p>\n<p>The event included games, merchandise, giveaways, live music, and food specials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s amazing out here, guys. The vibe is off the chain,\u201d said a season ticket holder.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first time the team has hosted the draft event in St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfla.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WFLA.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WFLA. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAINT PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) \u2013 Thousands of Bucs fans flocked to downtown St. Pete along Central Avenue for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[46388,20812,202,204,203,199,201,200,567],"class_list":{"0":"post-245193","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-petersburg","8":"tag-nfl-draft","9":"tag-saint-petersburg","10":"tag-st-pete","11":"tag-st-pete-headlines","12":"tag-st-pete-news","13":"tag-st-petersburg","14":"tag-st-petersburg-headlines","15":"tag-st-petersburg-news","16":"tag-wfla"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245193","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=245193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}