Tampa Bay Veterans Parade

No!  This practice is not allowed as it can be dangerous.  People run into the street to collect thrown items & can be injured by vehicles.  People can walk with your vehicles & hand things to spectators.  PLEASE stop briefly to allow people on or off safely.  No one should board or dismount a moving vehicle.

From Hanley Road turn east on Custer Ave.  Turn right (south) on Armand Drive, pull up to the right, hand turn at the gate to the Baseball Ave Staging Area to drop off marchers.

THERE IS NO PARKING ON THIS STREET.  The only stopping allowed will be for Parade vehicles to check in.  Otherwise please keep moving as traffic gets very heavy on Armand Drive.

The Staging Area is open at 7:00 a.m. Saturday morning and getting the over 2500 participants in the right place takes time.

Staging is not a quick process. Hanley Road will be blocked to traffic at 9:00 a.m. SHARP.  You won’t be able to get in.  This is a great time to meet new friends, set up your group and say hi to the friends you met last year.

The parade turns south onto Hanley Road at Barry Avenue.  We continue south on Hanley Road to Paula Avenue and turn west until we pass the library.

This year we are having everyone pull down to the corner next to the entrance to Baseball Avenue.  The participants then proceed to Baseball Avenue Staging Area.  If you then wish to escort them to the staging area, please park in a designated space and return ASSAP as parking spaces are limited.

If you are a float or large vehicle, proceed to the Soccer Drive Staging area and check in with the parade marshal.

Buses are to use the Morgan Woods north parking lot to drop off band and school participants.  The participants then proceed to Baseball Avenue Staging Area. Bands, JROTC, and school groups will stage on Baseball Avenue south of Morgan Woods School.

If you are a band, scout troop, JROTC or have a mixture of small vehicles with walking participants, organization leaders need to check in at the information desk before entering the staging area on Baseball Avenue.  There are volunteers in the Baseball Avenue Staging who will guide you to your area.  Please follow their instructions during staging and the duration of the parade.

If you are arriving separately, make sure everyone knows the staging position assigned and meet there. 

The staging area is not for general traffic.  The only vehicles allowed into the staging area are actually part of the parade.  This is for safety.

All vehicles and participants will be directed to turn right on Paula Drive in front of Cacciatore’s and keep moving.  Be certain to set a meeting place for your group past the library or perhaps toward Super Bravo.

The group with whom your child is walking should arrange a meeting place ahead of time.  Be certain to have telephone numbers for adults involved.

Yes.  There are public restrooms at the walkers’ staging area.  Park in Morgan Woods’s lot. The carnival is also providing restrooms near the grandstand close to the end of the parade route.