We think you are probably aware that Super Bowl XLIII will be played in Tampa tomorrow, but here’s a quick rundown of the previous Super Bowls played in Tampa. Super Bowl XVIII On January 22, 1984 at Tampa Stadium (aka The Big Sombrero), the Los Angeles Raiders defeated the Washington Redskins, 38–9. Pregame festivities featured the University of [...]
Mayor Pam wants TBARTA to put Tampa at the top of the list for rail. Of course they should. Tampa is the center of the Tampa Bay universe, and moving folks moving in and out of downtown, Westshore, Tampa International Airport and USF will be a significant step toward a regional rail system. Even those that didn’t [...]
You may have heard this somewhere before. Super Bowl XLIII will be played in Tampa this Sunday. Between the local SuperHost committee inundating us with the XLIII logo all over town, and local media drowning us with SB info, I’m sure you must be getting sick of it. Bay News 9 tells us of the Bowl By The [...]
After roughly 10 years, The Ybor campus of HCC has finally reached the top of the long waiting list to start on their new student services building. The new student services building will be approximately 6,500 sq. feet and will contain four floors full of services for all of HCC’s students. The building will be [...]
When you head out tomorrow morning, take note of the traffic around you. More than one out of every five drivers you see is driving without insurance. According to the Insurance Research Council, the state of Florida has the fifth most uninsured drivers in the nation. Florida had the fifth highest uninsured driver estimate, 23 percent, according [...]
We’ve always liked the television commercials for Beall’s, cuz they encourage you to “Live the Florida Lifestyle,” rather than chase after some northern city fashions. OK, so Bealls is not exactly the most hip place to go shopping. It seems they cater to the higher end fashion-conscious moms and grandmas. But now Bealls is gonna have a [...]
“This is totally going to get blown out of proportion,” said Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin Beckner. He was right. Problem is that he didn’t see that BEFORE Beckner moved to allow county staff to prepare a cost-benefit analysis of offering domestic partnership benefits. By most accounts, Kevin Beckner pulled an upset victory in the race for BOCC in [...]
Poor Buddy can’t catch a break. Buddy Johnson was defeated by Phyllis Busanksy in the November elections. But for some reason, he continues to show up in the newspaper. Apparently, Buddy signed Kathy Harris to a term that exceeded his own employment, sticking Busansky with the bill. Then Busansky found uncounted ballots from Temple Terrace, which may [...]
Today marks the alcohol-free Gasparilla Extravaganza featuring the Children’s Gasparilla Parade and the “Piratechnic” Extravaganza. Everything is free, but if you don’t want to go down there, you can watch the parade live thanks to MyFoxTampaBay.com Click below for the SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
