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Tampa mayor slams Bucs fans that ignored COVID-19 warnings while celebrating Super Bowl win

Tampa Bay area residents took to the streets to celebrate the Buccaneers’ 31-9 win over the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LV on Sunday night, and mayor Jane Castor isn’t happy about it.

Castor slammed fans who gathered to celebrate after the game, as most of them did so without masks and didn’t adhere to basic social distancing guidelines set in place to help protect them amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

“It is a little frustrating because we have worked so hard in cooperation with the NFL and the county and just a number of different entities, putting the executive order in place that masks had to be worn in specific areas that we knew groups would be congregating,” Castor said Monday, via ESPN.