Tribe Events wp_query - Trial 2

<ul class="block posts-list upcoming-events">
<?php /* Featured upcoming events */

                $upcoming = new WP_Query();
                $upcoming->query( array(
                                'post_type'=> array('tribe_events'),
                'meta_query' => array(
                'relation' => 'AND',
                    array(
                        'key'     => 'col1_destacado_3',
                        'value'   => true,
                        'compare' => '=',
                    ),
                    array(
                        'key' => '_EventStartDate',
                        'value' => date('Y-m-d') . ' 00:00:00',
                        'compare' => '>='
                    ),
                ),
                'orderby'    => '_EventStartDate',
                'order'      => 'ASC',
                                'posts_per_page' => 3)
                );

    if ($upcoming->have_posts()) :
        while ($upcoming->have_posts()) :
            $upcoming->the_post();
            ?>
            <li>
              <?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) { ?>
                 <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail();?></a>
              <?php }?>
              <div class="content">
                  <span class="event-meta"><strong>DATE</strong>: <?php echo esc_html( tribe_get_start_date()); ?></span>
                  <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
              </div>
            </li>
        <?php
        endwhile;
    endif;
    wp_reset_query(); // reset the query ?>
</ul>