Delayed invasion: Gasparilla won't set sail until spring

Pirates, rogues and buccaneers will parade in Tampa in late April as organizers postpone the popular festivities.

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Wikimedia/Robert Meszaros. Crowds gather along Bayshore Boulevard to watch the arrival of the Jose Gaspar pirate ship, the event that kicks off the annual Gasparilla festivities in Tampa.
Wikimedia/Robert Meszaros. Crowds gather along Bayshore Boulevard to watch the arrival of the Jose Gaspar pirate ship, the event that kicks off the annual Gasparilla festivities in Tampa.
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Uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic and about the timing of a COVID-19 vaccine continues to knock over dominoes in the Tampa Bay region’s tourism and hospitality sector. 

 

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