By Gordon Byrd, Read Shepherd, Erica Rodriguez
Jan 22, 2021
TAMPA The National Football League is inviting about 7500 vaccinated health care workers to Super Bowl LV at Raymond James Stadium, offering them free tickets to the February 7th championship game to honor them for their service during the pandemic.
Most of those workers will come from hospitals around the Tampa Bay and Central Florida areas. In fact, Commissioner Roger Goodell crashed a Zoom meeting for staff at Sarasota Memorial Hospital to make the announcement. You re the first ones to get that offer. we can t thank you enough, and we hope that this. will be a small way to celebrate you, honor you, and most importantly thank you, Goodell said.
By Gordon Byrd, Read Shepherd, Erica Rodriguez
Jan 22, 2021
TAMPA The National Football League is inviting about 7500 vaccinated health care workers to Super Bowl LV at Raymond James Stadium, offering them free tickets to the February 7th championship game to honor them for their service during the pandemic.
Most of those workers will come from hospitals around the Tampa Bay and Central Florida areas. In fact, Commissioner Roger Goodell crashed a Zoom meeting for staff at Sarasota Memorial Hospital to make the announcement. You re the first ones to get that offer. we can t thank you enough, and we hope that this. will be a small way to celebrate you, honor you, and most importantly thank you, Goodell said.
Will Weatherford, the former Florida House speaker from Pasco County, has been appointed to the University of South Florida’s board of trustees, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced. Weatherford, 41, served in the House from 2006 to 2012. A statement from the governor’s office made note of his tenure as speaker during his last two years in the chamber. It also said he is managing partner of Weatherford .
Times staff writersDec. 24, 2020
Pasco Sheriff Chris Nocco was once asked under oath how he had landed two high-level posts in state government.
âIt was the connections that I had made,â he said bluntly.
âI mean, you didn t have to like go and interview along with a hundred other people to get the job or anything?â an attorney pressed.
âNo, maâam,â he said.
Later that month, he told a reporter: âIâm very blessed to have friends that are in high offices.â
Today, Nocco himself is in a high place. A force in local GOP politics, he has twice been elected sheriff without opposition â something that hadnât happened in Pasco County since World War II. His wife is one of the stateâs most prominent Republican fundraisers. Their ties have reached the highest levels of government, including President Donald Trumpâs administration.
Sponsors back away from Tampa Super Bowl parties â and other local events, too
No brand wants to sponsor a superspreader. Super Bowl parties arenât the only events feeling that pinch.
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Lady Gaga headlined the AT&T TV Super Saturday Night party in Miami on Feb. 1. AT&T has pulled out of hosting its annual concert at Tampa s Super Bowl on Feb. 7, 2021, due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. [ SCOTT ROTH | Scott Roth/Invision/AP ]
Published Dec. 22, 2020
In a normal December, St Pete Pride president Nathan Bruemmer would be working the phones, checking in with the usual corporate sponsors, shoring up backing for the next summerâs parade and festival, one of the largest LGBTQ events in the United States.