Closings and cancellations in Tampa Bay area due to coronavirus

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TAMPA, Fla. - Now that the COVID-19 coronavirus is a pandemic, officials across the state of Florida are taking steps to prevent or at least slow the spread of the virus.

We'll keep this list updated with the latest closures, cancellations and other information for Florida and the Tampa Bay area due to COVID-19.

Statewide:

- Stay at home: A statewide stay-at-home order is in effect

- Public schools: All Florida public school classes to be held online through the end of the year

- Public universities: All state universities have been asked to move to online classes

- Cruises: Princess Cruises voluntarily stops all trips for two months

- Sports: NBA suspending season until further notice due to coronavirus

- Theme parks: Walt Disney World Resort closing, Disney Cruises canceled to avoid COVID-19 spread; Universal Orlando Resort closing to 'assist...nation's preventive efforts' against COVID-19

- Courts: Due to COVID-19, most face-to-face legal proceedings in the state courts will be suspended for a minimum of two weeks under a statewide order issued March 13 by Florida Chief Justice Charles Canady.

- Parks: All state parks are closed

Hillsborough County:

- Tampa beaches closed until further notice

- All city of Tampa parks closing as of March 27

- WrestleMania 36 to be held in Orlando with no live audience: WWE

- Westfield Malls (Brandon, Citrus Park, Countryside, Siesta Key) closed until further notice

- All Hillsborough YMCA locations to close Tuesday, March 17; transition to help first responder, medical worker families

- Busch Gardens Tampa Bay and Adventure Island to close on Monday, March 16

- Straz Center suspends all performances and events due to coronavirus

- All programming at Tampa Theatre has been suspended through the end of March

- Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFL Draft party at Raymond James Stadium is canceled

- Farnell Middle in Tampa closes for 48 hours after 'individual' came in contact with coronavirus patient

- Tampa Prep has decided to close its campus until March 30

- USF bans fans from athletic events as coronavirus precaution

- MacDill postpones AirFest airshow

- All Catholic masses in the Diocese of St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco, Hernando and Citrus counties) are suspended

- Tampa Pride 2020 in Ybor City has been rescheduled to May 30, 2020

- Cher's concert at Amalie Arena, scheduled for March, has been indefinitely postponed

- Kenny Chesney's concert at Raymond James Stadium, scheduled for May, has been indefinitely postponed

- TECO's Manatee Viewing Center in Apollo Beach is closed

- Cigar City's 2020 Hunahpu's Day festival is canceled

- The 13th Judicial Court has called off jurors for the week of March 16-20. Summoned jurors SHOULD NOT report. The court will continue to reevaluate the need for jurors going forward. At this time, all courthouses in Hillsborough County will continue to remain open.

- Tampa Bay History Center will be closed temporarily beginning March 14

- Tampa Theater closed until April 30

-Glazer Children's Museum

-Tampa Museum of Art

-Henry B. Plant Museum

-The Florida Aquarium

-Tampa Parks and Recreation facilities, pools, and programs canceled as of March 14

- ZooTampa at Lowry Park is closed March 16-29

- County rec centers and splash pads

- All Tampa-Hillsborough County public libraries

Pinellas County:

- Pinellas County public beaches and parking to reopen on May 4