Shaquille O'Neal makes Florida return with opening of Tampa-area restaurant


  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 2:55 p.m. June 13, 2025
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Shaquille O’Neal's chicken joint Big Chicken is opening its first location in Tampa Bay.
Shaquille O’Neal's chicken joint Big Chicken is opening its first location in Tampa Bay.
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Shaq is back.

Shaquille O'Neal, the National Basketball Association legend who spent parts of his playing career in Orlando and Miami, returns to Florida on June 16 with the grand opening up of one of his fast-food chicken restaurants in Westchase, the Tampa suburb.

This will be the first Florida restaurant for the Big Chicken chain. It is at 8725 W. Linebaugh Ave.

 

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