TAMPA BAY, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 10, 2026--
What if touring a new home could land you on a private flight with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers football team?
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Metro Development Group and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are teaming up again this football season for the Tour & Score Sweepstakes, giving fans who tour participating model homes a chance to win a VIP trip with the team to its January 10, 2027, game against the New Orleans Saints.
The winner and a guest will fly with the Buccaneers to New Orleans, receive a police escort to the stadium and attend the game with upper-level tickets. After the game, they’ll board a private flight back to Tampa Bay with the team.
The VIP Game Day Getaway winner will be announced December 20.
"We partner with award-winning national builders because we know what happens once someone walks through one of their beautiful model homes — they can already see themselves living there," said Lisa Gibbings, Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Metro Development Group. "So we wanted to reward the homebuyer for taking the first step. Through our partnership with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a model home tour now comes with the chance at a pretty unforgettable game day experience."
To enter, visitors simply need to tour builder model homes at participating Metro Development Group communities:
Visitors receive one entry for every model home they tour at each participating community, so those who check out multiple models have more chances to win.
The VIP trip isn’t the only prize up for grabs. Three additional winners will take home MetroLagoons gift cards at the end of the sweepstakes:
The three winners will be announced February 16, 2027.
The Tour & Score Sweepstakes runs through February 15, 2027. No purchase is necessary to enter or win. Participants must be at least 21 years old, Florida residents and licensed and insured drivers.
For complete rules, eligibility, and conditions, visit: https://metrodevelopmentgroup.com/tour-and-score/.
About METRO Development Group
Founded in 2003, Tampa-based Metro Development Group has been redefining Florida living and master-planned communities for more than 20 years. As Florida's largest privately held residential developer, Metro focuses on managing all aspects of land development by working with investors, landowners and award-winning builders. Metro has set a gold-standard of inland coastal living through innovative technologies, iconic entryways and world-class amenities, including its signature MetroLagoon. In 2023, two of Metro's Pasco County communities - Mirada and Epperson - were ranked among the 50-top-selling master-planned communities in the country by real estate consulting firms RCLCO and John Burns Real Estate Consulting. For more information, visit MetroDevelopmentGroup.com.
Metro Development Group Teams Up with Tampa Bay Buccaneers to Give Home Shoppers a VIP Game Day Experience
An Israeli strike killed at least four people in northern Gaza, including two children, hospital officials said Thursday. The Israeli military said the attack killed a militant.
Separately, Iranian-backed Houthi rebels seized Yemen's strategic Red Sea port city of Mokha, according to Houthi and Yemeni officials, bringing the rebels closer to controlling a critical waterway to the Red Sea.
Here’s a look at the latest news in the Middle East. Full coverage can be found here.
Two children were among the dead after Israel carried out a new strike in the northern Gaza community of Beit Lahiya, according to Shifa Hospital, where the bodies were taken.
The strike killed a husband and wife, alongside their two daughters, aged 8 and 12.
“There is nothing that can justify Israel attacking this home,” said Zuheir al-Heisami, a neighbor of the family, at the hospital. He said the strike happened at around 2 a.m. “These were two children and their parents that were killed while they were asleep.”
The Israeli military in a statement said the strike in Beit Lahiya “eliminated” a militant who had taken part in attacks against its forces. It did not give details.
Israel’s military in the past has said it carries out strikes in response to threats against its forces under the fragile ceasefire that has been in place since October.
The Iran-backed Houthi rebel group on Thursday took over Yemen’s port city of Mokha, Houthi and Yemeni officials said.
Mokha is about 80 kilometers (50 miles) from the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a strategic waterway between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden through which about 12% of the world’s oil and other goods are shipped.
The Bab el-Mandeb has become even more important for global energy supplies since shipping through the nearby Strait of Hormuz was disrupted by Iran after it was attacked by the United States and Israel in February.
The Houthis’ takeover of Mokha was confirmed to The Associated Press by Ahmed Baash, a commander with the National Resistance Forces allied with Yemen’s government, and Hazam al-Assad, a member of the Houthis’ political bureau.
Algeria's government announced on Thursday that it’s severing diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates.
An Algerian Foreign Ministry statement read on state television gave no specific reason for the decision, but cited alleged “provocative and hostile actions” by the Gulf Arab state and “regrettable and unjustified behavior.”
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned Iran of a “powerful response” if Israel is attacked, saying it would “inflict severe damage on Iran of a kind it has not yet suffered, including on its central energy facilities.”
Katz' video statement came after Iran launched missiles at U.S. targets in Israel’s eastern neighbor of Jordan earlier this week in response to U.S. strikes on Iranian oil tankers.
Palestinians gather around the bodies of members of the Ahmed family, including the parents and their two children, who were killed in an Israeli army strike, at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Palestinians sit beside the bodies of members of the Ahmed family, including the parents and their two children, who were killed in an Israeli army strike, at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
A Yemen's Houthi rebel chews Qat as he marches during a mobilization campaign in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo)
Yemen's Houthi rebels gather during a mobilization campaign in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo)
Yemen's Houthi rebels march during a mobilization campaign in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo)
Yemen's Houthi rebels walk carrying weapons during a mobilization campaign in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026.(AP Photo)
A fighter with Yemen’s Houthi rebels carries a rocket-propelled grenade launcher as they march during a mobilization campaign in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo)
A worker prepares gas cylinders for refilling at a gas station in Mahra, Yemen, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdulnasser Alseddik)
