{"id":411104,"date":"2026-09-26T06:52:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T06:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/411104\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T06:52:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T06:52:47","slug":"usf-students-get-discounts-at-tampa-attractions-restaurants-and-entertainment-venues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/411104\/","title":{"rendered":"USF Students Get Discounts at Tampa Attractions, Restaurants, and Entertainment Venues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Students at the University of South Florida can snag deals at eight spots around Tampa Bay. Just flash a valid student ID. Options include free museum entry, hockey tickets for $18, and food savings, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thatssotampa.com\/usf-student-discounts-tampa-lightning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">That&#8217;s So Tampa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Tampa Bay Lightning sell $18 student rush tickets for USF students who have a valid USF email address. These tickets are standing room only in four designated spots surrounding the rink. Students from other colleges can buy tickets for $20 if they have valid .edu email addresses. The Lightning will play their first home game of the 2026-2027 season on Saturday, Oct. 3.<\/p>\n<p>The Tampa Museum of Art provides free entry for college students. Show a valid student ID at the front desk. The museum sits on the Riverwalk downtown.<\/p>\n<p>The Dal\u00ed Museum in downtown St. Pete charges $22 for college students with valid student IDs. USF St. Pete students get in free. The museum houses the largest collection of Salvador Dal\u00ed&#8217;s art outside of Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Busch Gardens sells a College Pass for $82.99. This pass gives unlimited entry until May 31, 2027, includes free parking, and offers 10% off food, drinks, and merchandise. The theme park sits four minutes from the Tampa campus. Students can take the free BullRunner bus straight from USF to Busch Gardens.<\/p>\n<p>The Straz Center for the Performing Arts offers student discounts on select shows and exhibits. Students must redeem discounts in person at the ticket office with a valid student ID. Current discounts apply to The Art of Banksy exhibit, which runs until Sept. 27, and &#8216;Twas the Night Before by Cirque du Soleil from Nov. 18 through 29.<\/p>\n<p>Three restaurants near campus offer percentage discounts. Cold Stone Creamery on Fowler provides 15% off with a student ID at checkout \u2014 the location sits three minutes from campus. Nails at New Tampa gives 15% off services with a student ID at a location 12 minutes north of campus. Romeo Tea on Fowler offers 10% off boba tea orders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Students at the University of South Florida can snag deals at eight spots around Tampa Bay. Just flash&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[202,135,137,136,3650],"class_list":["post-411104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-st-pete","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-university-of-south-florida"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411104","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=411104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}