{"id":396055,"date":"2026-09-10T18:02:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T18:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/396055\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T18:02:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T18:02:52","slug":"bruno-mars-hello-kitty-merch-pop-up-hits-ybor-ahead-of-tampa-concerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/396055\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruno Mars\u2019 Hello Kitty merch pop-up hits Ybor ahead of Tampa concerts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before Bruno Mars boogies over to Raymond James Stadium<\/a> for back-to-back concerts<\/a> this weekend, he’s celebrating his long-awaited return to Tampa with … Hello Kitty?<\/p>\n

A Bruno Mars x Hello Kitty merch pop-up is heading to Ybor City from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday through Sunday. The cartoony collab, located at 1314 E Seventh Ave., features hats, stickers, tote bags and shirts that cannot be purchased anywhere else. That includes Ray Jay.<\/p>\n

Fans do not need a concert ticket to visit the Ybor City merch pop up.<\/p>\n

Mars performs at the stadium as part of The New Romantic Tour on Saturday and Sunday \u2014 his first local shows since his 2017 concert at Benchmark International Arena<\/a>. The 16-time Grammy-winning singer will be joined by RAYE and his Silk Sonic partner Anderson .Paak, who plans to spin tracks as DJ Pee .Wee.<\/p>\n

Heading to see Bruno Mars in Tampa? Here’s what to know.<\/p>\n

Tickets for both shows are close to selling out, although resale tickets are available for purchase on Ticketmaster.<\/p>\n

On both days, the show will start at 7 p.m. Gates open at 5:30 p.m., and parking lots open at 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

Raymond James Stadium is located at 4201 N Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa. For a parking map<\/a> and directions to each lot, visit the stadium’s website.<\/p>\n

Download Waze for real-time traffic and road closure updates directly from the stadium. Prepay for a parking space using ParkWhiz.com<\/a>. You can also opt to bring cash and hunt for a spot in the neighborhoods nearby.<\/p>\n

Planning to take an Uber, Lyft, taxi or bus? The drop-off and pick up area is located at Steinbrenner Field. Prepare for the possibility of surge pricing and extended wait times.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit raymondjamesstadium.com\/gettinghere<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before Bruno Mars boogies over to Raymond James Stadium for back-to-back concerts this weekend, he’s celebrating his long-awaited…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396056,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[56459,29636,11708,135,137,136,10364],"class_list":["post-396055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-bruno-mars","tag-hello-kitty","tag-raymond-james-stadium","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-ybor-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396055","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=396055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}