Skip town: Owner of iconic local music venue decides to cash out

COVID-19 claims another victim: Skipper's Smokehouse, a beloved Tampa institution for 40 years.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 6:00 a.m. October 1, 2020
Courtesy. The stage area of Skipper's Smokehouse, known as the Skipperdome.
Courtesy. The stage area of Skipper's Smokehouse, known as the Skipperdome.
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It might not be the equivalent of the Feb. 3, 1959, plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper, but for many Tampa Bay area music fans, Sept. 25, 2020, is the day the music died. 

 

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