Thousands of people without masks showed up in Tampa over the weekend to celebrate this year's Super Bowl.
Video shared on social media showed maskless people packed shoulder-to-shoulder on one Tampa street.
Ybor City. #SuperBowl Eve. 1:28am pic.twitter.com/Dl3m0Cl7aH
— Luis Santana (@LuisSantana) February 7, 2021
Tampa Bay Times photographer Luis Santana, who shot the video, said that he had never seen more people in Tampa's Ybor City neighborhood.
In a subsequent video, Santana talked about the experience.
"I've never seen it this packed," he said. "This is nuts. This is frickin nuts."
I should of posted this last night but my brain wasn’t fully functioning 🤯 I was really there. And will be out all night tonight. Follow me for all the 🔥 posts 😂 pic.twitter.com/zW6ZlIn308
— Luis Santana (@LuisSantana) February 7, 2021
Tampa Mayor Jane Castor has struggled to put COVID-19 restrictions in place after Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) refused to allow local governments to fine businesses or individuals who don't follow the rules.
