Outback founders to bring new franchise to Fla.

TAMPA — Restaurant company MVP Holdings plans to bring the sports-themed Glory Days Grill to Florida. The Tampa restaurant group, which is owned by Outback Steakhouse founders Bob Basham, Chris Sullivan, along with Nick Reader, expects to sign an agreement with Fairfax, Va.-based Glory Days Grill for the exclusive right to franchise its brand statewide starting with a New Tampa location.

The agreement is still being negotiated, but is expected to be finalized soon, MVP says in a news release.

The deal as currently envisioned would give MVP Holdings the right to own and operate Glory Days Grill restaurants in Florida and to franchise the restaurant concept to other operators in the state as well.