Sting’s Nov. 24 concert has been moved from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa to Hard Rock Live in Orlando as the venue prepares for renovations that will reshape part of the property. Fans who had bought tickets for the Tampa show will still be honored in Orlando, but the change adds about 70 miles of travel for anyone keeping the reservation.
The move puts the Sting 3.0 tour back on the calendar for people who were already planning to see it in Tampa, and it comes just as buyers are checking whether to keep their seats or ask for money back. Tickets for the Orlando concert go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, while refund requests through the original point of purchase must be made before July 1 at 5 p.m.
Hard Rock Live in Orlando will offer comparable seating at no additional cost, and the larger room will open about 360 more tickets than were available in Tampa. That detail matters because the Tampa show was about 10 tickets away from selling out when the relocation was announced, a late change for a concert that had nearly filled the house.
The reason given for the switch is not a tour change but a venue change. Tampa’s Hard Rock said it plans to significantly expand its smoke-free offerings after guest feedback, doubling the number of smoke-free slot machines and table games while it works on the hotel lobby, the L Bar and part of the casino floor stretching from the Elvis piano display to the Cipresso restaurant. The upgrades also include new carpet, chairs, gaming table felts and ceiling treatments, along with a deep cleaning of the slot machines.
The renovation move is not the first time the property has disrupted live shows. In October 2024, concerts by Willy Chirino and Chase Atlantic were pushed back or relocated when the hotel became a temporary, state-designated hurricane shelter for families. This time, the venue is shifting a nearly sold-out Sting date for construction work, a decision that gives Orlando extra inventory but leaves Tampa ticket holders deciding whether the added drive is worth the seat.
For fans, the next step is straightforward: keep the ticket and use it in Orlando, or request a refund before the deadline. What remains unclear is whether the concert date itself will stay fixed or whether only the city has changed, but the ticket window is already open enough to force an immediate choice.
