St. Pete Grand Prix draws record crowds

The 2024 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg likely set a new attendance record for a third consecutive year over the weekend, with multiple drivers expressing amazement over the crowd size.

IndyCar officials announced Saturday that three-day attendance numbers were up 10% - and 16% Friday - over a record-breaking 2023 event. Vendors also saw a 30% spike in IndyCar merchandise sales.

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Reggae Rise Up Florida returns to Vinoy Park

As you’re reading this, an army of 400 is swarming over Vinoy Park, on the St. Petersburg bayfront, setting up for this weekend’s Reggae Rise Up Florida Festival.

The workers, the majority of them locally-hired, will be toiling day and night to put the music and lifestyle celebration’s three stages and associated public areas together, plugging everything in and making sure it all works. Then there’s the temporary fencing that goes around the festival site.

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