Here’s what to know. <\/p>\n
What’s the military demonstration? <\/p>\n
It’s a U.S. Special Operations Command Capability Demonstration that takes place on Wednesday from noon to 1 p.m. <\/p>\n
It’s a display of special operations tactics involving low-flying helicopters, simulated gunfire, drones and scuba divers. <\/p>\n
You are welcome to view them in person. The best locations are from the Tampa Convention Center, Riverwalk, Harbour Island and Bayshore Boulevard. <\/p>\n
You can also watch a live stream of the demo and get more information on SOF Week’s website<\/a>. <\/p>\n You can find an example from 2024 in the video below. <\/p>\n What to know about road closures <\/p>\n Peak congestion is expected Monday through Wednesday. The city recommends you give yourself extra travel time. <\/p>\n Franklin Street will be shut down outside the convention center from Channelside Drive to Harbour Island from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. This includes the Harbour Island Bridge. <\/p>\n On Friday, the closures will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. But northbound Franklin Street, the Water Street intersection and the Harbour Island Bridge will reopen at 1 p.m. <\/p>\n Alternative route: You can use the Beneficial Drive Bridge heading toward Sparkman Wharf and The Florida Aquarium. <\/p>\n City of Tampa, Tampa Convention Center <\/p>\n Heads up on a parking garage closure <\/p>\n The Tampa Convention Center Parking Garage will be closed from Sunday through Thursday. <\/p>\n An alternative option is at the Pam Iorio Parking Garage. <\/p>\n You can view more options at the city’s website<\/a>. You can also see the latest road closures<\/a>. <\/p>\n Marina restrictions <\/p>\n The marina basin by the convention center will be closed to all boat traffic Tuesday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. during demonstrations. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you live or work near the Tampa Convention Center, don’t be shocked if you hear loud noises…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-272719","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\/272719","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=272719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Map](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778876891_199_.jpeg\"\/)
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