Tampa’s NBC News affiliate reports:
Thousands of people flocked to streets across Tampa, Florida on Sunday evening to celebrate the Buccaneers’ Super Bowl victory, many of them ignoring public health measures implemented to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Photos and video of the celebration, which kicked off soon after the home-team Bucs notched a 31-9 win over the Kansas City Chiefs, show hundreds of people packed tightly together on street corners and in bars. Many fans were not wearing masks or practicing social distancing.
In Tampa’s SoHo area, a cluster of maskless Bucs fans turn a celebration into a dangerous scene, as captured by our reporter. Officers get into the middle of the crowd, appearing overwhelmed before taking a person into custody.
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— Tampa Bay Times (@TB_Times) February 8, 2021
Just FYI, @GoHART bus and bus driver came out unscathed in all of this. This only lasted a few minutes. https://t.co/PqZPrig9jj
— Jennifer Holton FOX 13 (@jennholtonFOX) February 8, 2021
Thousands of maskless Tampa fans flooded the streets, celebrating the Super Bowl win while risking a superspreader event https://t.co/0sQNIWyX0d
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 8, 2021
And in Ybor City, reporter Divya Kumar (@divyadivyadivya) shows more maskless fans flooding Seventh Avenue: pic.twitter.com/N53NHZUcES
— Tampa Bay Times (@TB_Times) February 8, 2021