Fans Fill Thunder Alley To Watch Lightning In Cup Final

Fans in Tampa came out to watch the potential clinching game for the Lightning in the Stanley Cup Final, filling Thunder Alley "hours before start of Game 5." By 5:30pm ET, capacity in Thunder Alley -- "approximately 200, groups limited to a maximum of eight, first-come, first-serve -- had been reached," and the line along Channelside Drive "remained remained roughly 100 yards long." Lightning staffers and guests -- "1,000 people in all -- were allowed inside Amalie Arena to view the game." Around Tampa, "every bar and downtown restaurant appeared to be filled to capacity" a day after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis "lifted statewide COVID-19 restrictions on such establishments" (TAMPA BAY TIMES, 9/27).