| 2025-08-03 | Florida beach town, informally |
| 2024-01-09 | Florida's "Sunshine City," for short |
| 2019-01-22 | Guinness record holder for the U.S. city with the most consecutive days of sun (768), informally |
| 2017-07-27 | One end of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, informally |
| 2016-06-18 | One end of Fla.'s Sunshine Skyway Bridge |
| 2015-09-15 | Florida Gulf city, informally |
| 2014-11-19 | Tropicana Field site, informally |
| 2013-05-12 | Fla. vacation spot |
| 2013-03-27 | Sunshine State vacation spot |
| 2012-10-26 | Home to Tropicana Field, familiarly |
| 2012-07-26 | Rays' home, informally |
| 2012-05-13 | City near Clearwater, informally |
| 2011-11-10 | Spring break locale, casually |
| 2007-11-09 | City connected to the 4.1-mile long Sunshine Skyway Br. |
| 2006-10-01 | Fla. vacation spot |
| 2006-01-01 | City connected to the Sunshine Skyway Br. |
| 2005-09-12 | Sunshine State city |
| 2005-04-17 | Florida beach locale, for short |
| 2004-10-03 | Tropicana Field locale, informally |
| 2003-08-09 | Beach locale, for short |
| 2003-06-25 | Fla. vacation spot |
| 2002-06-02 | Pinellas Peninsula city, briefly |
| 2001-05-15 | Tampa neighbor, informally |
| 1998-04-05 | Tampa neighbor |
| 1998-03-27 | Retirement mecca, informally |
| 1998-02-20 | Southern resort city, briefly |
| 1997-03-25 | Tampa neighbor, informally |