Skyway Park — Attraction in Tampa

I’ve been a frequent guest of Skyway Park for the last 7 years through Tampa Bay Club Sport and it has always been an enjoyable experience until recently. As of late, the city has been staffing 2 employees to police service animals at the entrance. I have had a service animal for the last 3 years and never had a worse experience than trying to spectate a game here.

I answered the questions I was asked upon entrance and my service animal’s vest and credentials were displayed, which I do voluntarily though not required by law since I don’t “look” like I need a service animal. Then I was asked not to sit in the bleachers which seemed strange but at the time I thought maybe they were being repaired. I proceeded to sit and watch the game (not in the bleachers, though many others were and I then realized I was asked this because of my service animal). A few minutes later I was approached and told I could not sit where I selected, which was inside the fence where many other spectators were sitting. I replied that the concern was noted but under ADA I am able to sit (with my animal) where I choose. After which a 15 minute argument ensued completely ruining my experience and preventing me from watching the game I came to enjoy. It is my understanding that Tampa Bay Club Sport also received a complaint about my presence at the facility.

I can appreciate that the city is trying to make changes to improve the overall quality of this facility, but service animals and their handlers are not the enemy. So please, verify but stop harassing service animals and...

A nice little known park. It is a convenient place to park if a person wanted to ride their bike on the Courtney Campbell Causeway. The restroom facilities are clean and well maintained. While I think this park is used mainly for club football/soccer for it's two very nice artificial fields as well as baseball/softball games, there are 2 tennis courts on the property. Both tennis courts also double as pickle ball courts as they are lined for pickle ball play. While I prefer to park my vehicle off of Bayport Drive to ride my bike on the CC Causeway, it is only a couple of minutes bike ride to Skyway Park to use the restrooms and use the water fountains to refill my water bottles. There is also what looks like a small...

My experience here was a bit weird. I do like the park itself just to chill and take pictures. I am a photographer and this definitely is a good place to do a quick stop for a few photos. Senior sporty photos too. The only thing that struck me as odd was... There were a few cars circling the area. They weren't marked as security and looked like they were waiting for women to solicit. The one car stopped and yelled to me WOMAN!! I said excuse me and he said AHORA!!! I just ignored him and he angrily drove off. So that was weird. Besides...