{"id":1461,"date":"2024-11-04T19:49:41","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T19:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sofw.bricksandclicks.marketing\/?page_id=1461"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:24:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T20:24:03","slug":"city-of-tampa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sofweek.org\/city-of-tampa\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Tampa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-c953f1ec\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-4bb1a191\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-670b5db8\">\n\n<div class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-14c570c6 gb-headline-text\">LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CITY THAT HOSTS SOF WEEK<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-fd1e7eac gb-headline-text\"><strong>About the City of Tampa<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-93fd1e47\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-c5ae9f00\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-0588b908\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"767\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/sofweek.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/screenshot-2024-11-04-at-11.40.15\u202fam-1.jpg\" alt=\"screenshot 2024 11 04 at 11.40.15\u202fam\" class=\"wp-image-1472\" style=\"width:628px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sofweek.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/screenshot-2024-11-04-at-11.40.15\u202fam-1.jpg 767w, https:\/\/sofweek.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/screenshot-2024-11-04-at-11.40.15\u202fam-1-300x152.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-dfc63667\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-cd0a60b1\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-27d0a0a7\">\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Tampa is a city on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. With a population of 384,959 according to the 2020 census, Tampa is the third-most populated city in Florida after Jacksonville and Miami and is the 52nd most populated city in the United States.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-d282f9ed\">\n\n<p>Tampa functioned as a military center during the 19th century with the establishment of Fort Brooke, and is currently the home to MacDill Air Force Base\u2013the home of USSOCOM, USCENTCOM, USSOCCENT, and more!<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Tampa was formally reincorporated as a city in 1887, following the Civil War. Today, Tampa&#8217;s economy is driven by tourism, health care, finance, insurance, technology, construction, and the maritime industry. The bay&#8217;s port is the largest in the state, responsible for over $15 billion in economic impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The city is part of the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area which is a four-county area composed of roughly 3.1 million residents, making it the second-largest metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the state and the fourth largest in the Southeastern United States, behind Washington D.C., Miami, and Atlanta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are thrilled to have the support of the City as we execute SOF Week 2026.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<a class=\"gb-button gb-button-e17059fa gb-button-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.visittampabay.com\/sof-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CITY THAT HOSTS SOF WEEK About the City of Tampa Tampa is a city on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. 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