As the city of Tampa heads into Gasparilla season with Saturday’s Children’s Gasparilla Parade and next weekend’s big Parade of Pirates on Jan. 27, environmentalists are getting ready for the cleanup aftermath: piles of beads tossed from parade floats that land on the streets and at the bottom of Tampa Bay. The plastic beads that land in the waters of the bay, tossed by boaters and paradegoers .
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — It’s almost that time when pirates take to the streets and invade Tampa Bay! While thousands are expected to flock to downtown Tampa for the 2024 Gasparilla parade, the city is reminding paradegoers to keep their beads out of the bay. Just like every Gasparilla, it’s a tradition that pirates sling […]