Buccaneers Game-Day Traffic: Sunday's 1 P.M. Kickoff Fills Dale Mabry, and the I-275 Closure Waits Until 10 P.M.
The Buccaneers host the Falcons at 1 p.m. Sunday at Raymond James Stadium on North Dale Mabry Highway, with a cooler, showery forecast — and FDOT's full southbound I-275 closure does not begin until 10 p.m., after the game.
Sunday's traffic story in Tampa is the game. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers host the Atlanta Falcons at 1 p.m. on Sunday, November 1, at Raymond James Stadium, 4201 North Dale Mabry Highway, according to the stadium's event listing — which means the Dale Mabry corridor and the streets around the stadium carry the day's heaviest traffic before kickoff and again in the late afternoon.
Drivers heading to the game should also plan for the weather. The station's live feed puts Sunday's high at 80.7 with a low of 69.4 and precipitation odds at 48 percent — cooler than Saturday, with a genuine chance of showers around the game window.
The weekend's biggest road closure is timed after the football. FDOT's full closure of southbound I-275 from Floribraska Avenue to the I-4 interchange runs from 10 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday, as the desk reported in its published FDOT file — hours after the game ends — with the published detour by Floribraska Avenue and Tampa Street for late-night drivers.
