Aerial of Straz Center for the Performing Arts
The David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts opened its doors as the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center in July 1987 and has welcomed more than 10 million guests. The venue was renamed in November 2009 to recognize the generous donation, the largest individual philanthropic gift ever made to a cultural institution in the Tampa Bay area, of financier David A. Straz, Jr.
The Straz Center is located downtown along the east bank of the Hillsborough River. As the second largest performing arts complex in the Southeastern United States. It has 335,000-square-foot venue provides an environment for a variety of events. It has a leading Broadway series and produces grand opera, as well as presenting a variety of concerts, performances and events. 680,000 patrons attended 4,148 events during the 2007-2008 season.
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Straz Center for the Performing Arts - Box Office - Downtown - Tampa - HD Stock Footage
The Straz Center is located downtown on a 9-acre site along the east bank of the Hillsborough River. As the second largest performing arts complex in the Southeastern United States (behind the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts), the 335,000-square-foot (31,100 m2) venue provides an environment for a variety of events. It has a leading Broadway series and produces grand opera, as well as presenting a variety of concerts, performances and events. 680,000 patrons attended 4,148 events during the 2007-2008 season.
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Straz Center for the Performing Arts - Box Office - Downtown - Tampa - HD Stock Footage
Various Panning shots of the Tampa Performing Arts Center at night.
The Straz Center is located downtown on a 9-acre site along the east bank of the Hillsborough River. As the second largest performing arts complex in the Southeastern United States (behind the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts), the 335,000-square-foot (31,100 m2) venue provides an environment for a variety of events. It has a leading Broadway series and produces grand opera, as well as presenting a variety of concerts, performances and events. 680,000 patrons attended 4,148 events during the 2007-2008 season.
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Drone views of Riverwalk Tampa at Night 4k Views Relaxing Music
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Oh, Florida!: How America's Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country By Craig Pittman notes that, Tampa mobsters testified about payoffs to the sheriff, the town constable, the police chief, the state attorney, even Mayor Curtis Hixon. One told of driving his boss over to Hixon's house and waiting outside while the two men discussed business. (Hixon once told a police lieutenant who was his bagman that he didn't see anything wrong with taking payoffs of up to $100,000 as long as there's no greed or killings or no scandals.) In the end, only the sheriff got in trouble. For the others, it was as if the testimony evaporated into thin air the moment it was spoken. Not only did they face no legal consequences, but, as one historian pointed out, Hixon now has a lovely waterfront Park in downtown Tampa named for him. [2]
In 1947 Hixon presented movie star Mary Hatcher, who grew up in Tampa, with a golden key to the city in recognition of her playing the title role in Paramount's all-star revue Variety Girl. Hatcher returned to Tampa for a gala opening of the film at the Tampa Theatre and crowds turned out to honor her.
Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park is named for him, as was Curtis Hixon Hall before it was demolished in 1993.
Tampa Riverwalk
Tampa's Riverwalk project dates back to the 1970s, a time when much of the downtown waterfront consisted of aging warehouses and industrial facilities related to the nearby Port of Tampa. Tampa mayor Bill Poe conceived the idea of a park and walkway behind Curtis Hixon Hall, a civic center along the Hillsborough River that was one of the few public spaces in the area.[4] The city built a short stretch of boardwalk on the east side of the river behind the Hall, but a lack of funds to buy adjoining properties and subsequent mayors' disinterest in the project stalled development for decades.
In 2002, mayoral candidate Pam Iorio pledged to jumpstart the Riverwalk project if elected. She won, and construction soon began on two parks behind Amalie Arena along the southern portion of the planned Riverwalk.[5] As construction progressed, a $20 million fundraising campaign was launched in 2006 to pay for future phases, which received a boost when a redeveloped Curtis Hixon Park opened in 2010 near the location of the original portion of the Riverwalk, which was completely redesigned and reconstructed.[6] Bob Buckhorn, who succeeded Iorio as mayor, was also a strong advocate for the Riverwalk project and downtown redevelopment.[7] In 2014, a federal transportation grant was used to complete a $9.2 million boardwalk under the Kennedy Boulevard bridge, connecting all of the existing segments into one continuous path about two miles long. A further extension north past the Straz Center for the Performing Arts, under Interstate 275, and ending at Waterworks Park in the Tampa Heights neighborhood was completed in 2016, lengthening the Riverwalk to over two and a half miles.
Aerial of Marriott Waterside - Tampa, FL
Rise above the rest at Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel & Marina, boasting some of the best accommodations and amenities the city has to offer. With their on-site restaurants, rejuvenating spa, state-of-the-art fitness center and sparkling rooftop pool, you can experience a refreshing retreat right on site. Located right next to Amalie Arena and close to the Straz Center for the Performing Arts, and the Florida Aquarium, the Marriott Waterside in the heart of Downtown Tampa. After an action-packed day on land or sea, retire to spacious guest rooms or suites with plush bedding, ergonomic work spaces, contemporary decor and breathtaking views. Make a reservation at one of the premier Tamps hotels today!
Video shot by our Aerial Videographers in Tampa, Tampa Aerial Media Permision for Peter O'Knight Airport granted through TIA.
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Straz Center - Best of Tampa Bay 2018
Join us at “Tampa’s Best Party!” This all-you-can-eat food and drink extravaganza boasts more than 50 participants including Tampa Bay’s finest restaurants and caterers, and wine, liquor and craft beer tastings. Also, enjoy full open bars and 5 live bands for one all-inclusive price!
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LOW ON OIL!!! Montgomery Hydraulic Elevator @ Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Tampa, FL, USA.
Straz Center - Finding Neverland
FINDING NEVERLAND, in Tampa May 30 - June 4, tells the incredible story behind one of the world's most beloved characters: Peter Pan.
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Tampa Marriott Waterside Aerial
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Aerial Footage of the Marrott Waterside in Tampa, Florida, by Tampa Photographers Celebrations of Tampa Bay shows why this luxury hotel is so popular, located in the beautiful waterfront area of downtown Tampa. We show a complete day at the Waterside Marriott from morning to sunset to evening, as seen from our drone.
The Marriott Waterside is a tourist destination being right on the channel of downtown Tampa, near the Tampa Convention Center and the Amalie Arena (formerly Tampa Bay Times Forum). It is also a popular wedding venue with its elegant Grand Ballrooms, plenty of space for large weddings. The huge Atrium with its indoor Palm Trees make great backgrounds for wedding photography.
Celebrations of Tampa Bay provides Photography, Video, and DJ services for weddings at The Marriott and other Tampa Venues. For our Aerial Photography info see For aerial videos from around the world see
Tampa Theatre Aerial
The Tampa Theatre, built in 1926 as one of America’s most elaborate movie palaces, the Tampa Theatre today is a passionately protected and beloved community landmark. Designed by famed theater architect John Eberson, it is a superior example of his “atmospheric” style of design. Upon entering under the Theatre’s “blade sign” marquee, audiences are transported to a lavish, romantic Mediterranean courtyard, replete with old-world statuary, flowers and gargoyles. Over it all is a realistic night sky filled with twinkling stars.
Like other lavish downtown movie palaces around the country, Tampa Theatre was enormously popular when it opened. For the first time in history, the common person had access to opulence on a scale never before imagined. For 25 cents they could escape into a fantasyland for two hours, enjoy first-class entertainment and be treated like royalty by uniformed platoons of ushers and attendants. By the end of the 1920s, more than 90 million Americans were going to the movies every week.
For several decades, Tampa Theatre remained a jewel at the center of Tampa’s cultural landscape. Generations of people stole their first kisses in the balcony, followed the world through the newsreels and grew up coming to the Theatre week after week.
But by the 1960s, times had changed. America’s flight to the suburbs was having a damaging effect on downtown businesses, and among the hardest hit were the movie palaces that lit up America’s main streets, especially with the advent of television. Audiences dwindled and costs rose. Many of our nation’s finest movie palaces were demolished as the land beneath them became more valuable than the theater’s operations.
In 1973, Tampa Theatre faced the same fate. But Tampa’s citizens rallied. Committees were formed, community leaders got involved, and soon a deal was reached to have the City rescue the Theatre. By the time the Theatre reopened to the public in January 1977, it had become something of a national model on how to save an endangered theater.
Today, the Theatre is managed by the not-for-profit Tampa Theatre Foundation and is a remarkable success story. As one of the most heavily utilized venues of its kind in the United States, Tampa Theatre’s single auditorium hosts more than 600 events each year, including a full schedule of first-run and classic films, concerts, special events, corporate events, tours and educational programs.
Since being rescued in 1977, Tampa Theater has welcomed more than 5 million visitors to downtown Tampa — including 1 million school children for field trips and summer camps — all within the context of one of Tampa’s largest historic preservation projects.
Community support and contributions are critical to the Theatre’s continued vitality. In spite of its successes, the Theatre only earns about 60% of its annual operating budget through ticket and concession income. Contributions to the Tampa Theatre Foundation from individuals, companies and foundations help make up difference and keep the Theatre accessible and affordable for everyone.
Tampa Theatre was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, is a Tampa City Landmark, and is a proud member of the League of Historic American Theatres and the Art House Convergence.
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On View at the Tampa Museum of Art - March 2016
Jaume Plensa: Human Landscape
On view January 24, 2016, through May 15, 2016
One of the world’s foremost living sculptors, Spanish artist Jaume Plensa (b. 1955) has created large-scale artworks related to the human figure for public places around the globe. This exhibition, the artist’s largest to date in the United States, features numerous indoor as well as outdoor installations, engaging viewers even before they enter the Museum. Interested not only in the visual arts but also in literature, psychology, biology, language, and history, Jaume Plensa creates sculptures and installations that unify individuals through connections of spirituality, the body, and collective memory. He uses a wide range of materials—including steel, cast iron, resin, light, sound, and more—to lend physical weight and volume to multiple components of the human condition and soul.
Public and Private—The Figure Examined: Masterworks from the Kasser Mochary Art Foundation
On View: February 12, 2016 – May 30, 2016
This exhibition examines one of the most universal subjects in art, the portrayal of the human figure. From the universally recognizable to the intimate and introspective, Public and Private presents more than 100 paintings, sculptures, and works on paper by many of the most important artists of the late 19th and 20th centuries, including Mary Cassatt, Edgar Degas, Alberto Giacometti, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Diego Rivera, Auguste Rodin, Paul Signac, Andy Warhol, and others. Juxtaposing their diverse approaches to a common subject reveals radical stylistic changes, as well as a broad spectrum of political, philosophical, and aesthetic meanings associated with the human form. Initially collected by Elizabeth and Alexander Kasser, the artworks of Public and Private now belong to the Kasser Mochary Art Foundation, a generous lender to museums worldwide.
Ulele Restaurant Ground Breaking Ceremony - June, 2013
Mayor Bob Buckhorn joined Richard and Casey Gonzmart of the Columbia Restaurant Group to break ground on the renovations of the Tampa Heights Waterworks Building. The Gonzmart's and their team will redevelop the historic property to create a restaurant and brewery called, Ulele, (pronounced: U-lay-lee). The restaurant and brewery will serve unique foods and spirits by fusing elements from a rich variety of Native American and multicultural cuisines. The menu will feature items indigenous to local waters and crops, with significant influence by the components and flavors of the early Native Americans who lived in Florida, and European explorers. Heading up the team is Keith Sedita. Sedita is a restaurant industry veteran with over 20 years of experience. Most recently he was part of the team that developed the concept for Carmel Café & Wine Bar. Prior to that, Sedita was with OSI Restaurant Partners for 13 years including Fleming's Prime Steakhouse in Tampa and Naples and Carrabbas Italian Grill.
Eric Lackey is Ulele's executive chef. Lackey has spent 17 years in the Tampa Bay area, most recently as the corporate chef for Flamestone American Grill and Besa Grill and prior to that as executive chef at The Grill at Feather Sound.
Tim Shackton is Ulele's brewmaster. He brings 20 years of experience in the restaurant industry to the team, including 13 years as a brewmaster for Hops Grill and Brewery.
Columbia Restaurant Group has partnered with Tampa's Beck Group for Ulele's architectural design and construction, working with associate principal Joe Harrington and architect Jeet Singh. The Beck Group will renovate the interior of the Waterworks building while preserving the historic character of its red-brick exterior. The Beck Group is located next door to Ulele. Tampa Bay's SSA design firm is working with the Ulele team to design an innovative kitchen, complete with a 10 foot diameter, citrus wood burning round grill. SSA founder Ken Schwartz's family has worked with the Gonzmart family since 1935 on their restaurant projects and is committed to finding energy efficient, American-made equipment.
An emphasis is on hiring from within the Tampa Heights community, with plans to employ graduates from surrounding high school culinary programs. Between 100-110 people will be hired. Ulele will be family-friendly, offering indoor and outdoor dining along Tampa's Riverwalk with beautiful views of the flowing Ulele Spring (which served as the source of water for the city of Tampa from 1903 to approximately 1930), the Hillsborough River, and Water Works Park. The restaurant will be located 400 yards north of Tampa's David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts at 7th Avenue and Doyle Carlton Drive and is expected to be completed in February 2014. Produced by Chris Philips, City of Tampa Television, tampagov.net/CTTV
Straz Center - Fiddler On The Roof
“An entirely fresh, funny, and gorgeous new production. A REASON FOR CELEBRATION!” – New York Magazine
Tony-winning director Bartlett Sher and the team behind South Pacific, The King and I and 2017 Tony-winning Best Play Oslo, bring a fresh and authentic vision to this beloved theatrical masterpiece from Tony winner Joseph Stein and Pulitzer Prize winners Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick.
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We bring world-class artists to our stages and encourage the creation of new works. As a cultural gathering place, we help students of all ages reach their potential and build lifelong skills, nurture young artists and provide resources to other local organizations. We provide life-changing experiences that enrich us and strengthen our vibrant community. But we cannot do these things alone.
Ticket sales cannot cover all the costs associated with delivering exceptional artistic, educational and community programs and maintaining our state-of-the-art facility.
We rely on contributions from individuals, corporations, foundations and public agencies to sustain our programs today and to ensure our future. Please join us in keeping the Straz Center alive today, tomorrow and for generations to come:
Tampa Florida
Welcome to Tampa, Florida!
Home to more than 20 Lennar communities, Tampa is a great city to call home. Leisure activities abound, from the Florida Aquarium to Busch Gardens, from The Straz Center for the Performing Arts to The Tampa Museum of Art. Tampa’s ever-evolving downtown, Channelside and Ybor City will give you plenty of opportunities to enjoy our fair city and our beautiful sunny weather.
With award-winning restaurants, shopping, and cultural opportunities, Tampa offers an unparalleled living experience.
If sports is your passion, watch the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tampa Bay Rays, or the Tampa Bay Lightning. For higher education, Hillsborough Community College, University of South Florida, and University of Tampa, are nearby.
Recently, Tampa was chosen to host the India International Film Festival Awards and the 2012 Republican National Convention.
Tampa’s rich history includes names like Henry B. Plant, who connected Tampa to the rest of the United States’ railways, leading to our first real tourist industry. Ybor City housed cigar manufacturers for many years, leading to a rich Cuban influence still seen today.
And don’t forget our beautiful Gulf Coast beaches!
We have new homes for sale in nearby communities, all within striking distance of this vibrant city on the beautiful gulf coast of Florida.
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Wedding at The Straz Center
The Straz Center in downtown Tampa, is a great wedding venue for photography and video. This was the wedding of Amanda & Daniel Cinguegrano who were married at Sacred Heat Catholic Church and the reception at Maestros an elegant restaurant on the 2nd floor of the Straz Center.
This video shows all the great areas around The Straz Center for photography. This is the formals and exit segment from the video, for the full highlight to this wedding at the Straz Center see We were able to go into the Carol Morsani Hall which is the largest theatre at the Straz Center, seating 2,600 people. The empty sea of red seats made a great background. We also love the sea oates along the river walk area on the back of the Straz Center on the Hillsborough River. The waterfall area as well as the the marque style lights around the Straz Center also provide for some great variety for wedding photography. Jason Mize Photography was the still photographer, who was great to work with.
Straz Center - Les Misérables
Cameron Mackintosh presents the new production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon, Les Misérables, direct from an acclaimed two-and-a-half-year return to Broadway.
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2019 Hillsborough County Public Schools Elementary Fine Arts Festival
The Combined Choruses perform Sahayta followed by clips of the West Region Honors Chorus performing Inscription of Hope and American Folk Rhapsody Lastly the Finale, performed by all of the Evenings performers, This Is Me.
Johnnie plays Tequila @ the Straz Center, Tampa, Fl.
This was fun. .. and she is a great dancer! Thanks, Sarah and Mel, for sending me the video and allowing me to share it! You ladies made my night!