Vicente Martinez-Ybor Bicentennial Celebration

September 7, 2018 is the 200th birthday of Vicente Martinez-Ybor, the founder of Ybor City, Tampa's historic building. Ybor arrived in a sleepy Tampa fishing village at the age of 67 in 1885 and is the first company to establish a cigar industry in Ybor City. By 1886, the first cigar was produced, but at the factories of Sanchez and Haya, the starting point of his company's town was adequate. When he transferred his cigar business from Key West to Tampa, Ybor encouraged other cigar manufacturers to follow it as well. By the turn of the century, Tampa came to Tampa to work in the cigar industry, or from hundreds of inhabitants, including the various immigrant groups that came to provide products and services to those who did it It increased to 15,000 people.

Ybor died in 1896, and never saw the results of the town or industry that he started 11 years ago, and eventually Tampa became known as "the capital of the world's cigar".

Live music, light appetizers, beer, wine and other drinks can be enjoyed. To register please click here: Free admission and open to the public. Reservation required

Regarding the brief history of Ybor City in Tampa, Florida, you first need to explain how Ybor was formed. It was founded in 1886 by Vicente Martinez Yeball and is currently one of the three historical buildings in Florida. It also won the title "World Cigar Capital" in 1900. By 1950, most cigar factories were closed due to their rich history, and now it attracts visitors from all over the world. It provides culture. Although the cigar factory may not have been in operation, the recent Renaissance in this area of ​​the 1990s gave the city its original spirit and natural vitality. There are still a lot of local people, museums and shops that can feel the memories of Vicente Martinez Ivor reflecting the majority of Ibō city's culture, but it is impossible to visit, I will better understand this area There is no way.

September 7, 2018 is the 200th birthday of Vicente Martinez-Ybor, the founder of Ybor City, Tampa's historic building. Ybor arrived in a sleepy Tampa fishing village at the age of 67 in 1885 and is the first company to establish a cigar industry in Ybor City. By 1886, the first cigar was produced, but at the factories of Sanchez and Haya, the starting point of his company's town was adequate. When he transferred his cigar business from Key West to Tampa, Ybor encouraged other cigar manufacturers to follow it as well. By the turn of the century, Tampa came to Tampa to work in the cigar industry, or from hundreds of inhabitants, including the various immigrant groups that came to provide products and services to those who did it It increased to 15,000 people.