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Sports–Entertainment

  • By Elizabeth King
  • November 7, 2024
$20M renovated clubhouse opens at SWFL golf course

The Copperleaf Golf Club now has expanded dining and entertainment options.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Louis Llovio
  • November 5, 2024
Fort Myers' The Club at Renaissance to get multimillion-dollar upgrade

The Orlando owners of the private club and golf course plan to start a renovation next year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Beth Luberecki
  • November 4, 2024
$14M Naples golf club renovation has big support — and fans

Countryside Golf and Country Club has pulled off an impressive feat: keeping residents happy during a major renovation project.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Elizabeth King
  • October 31, 2024
Movie theater at Sarasota Square Mall closes permanently

The AMC Sarasota 12 is closing its doors after Oct. 31, a spokesperson for the company says.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • October 24, 2024
Vinik completes anticipated sale of shares of Tampa Bay Lightning

The owner of the city’s National Hockey League team has sold a portion of the team and plans to run it day-to-day for the next few years.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • October 23, 2024
Naples' Golf Club of the Everglades sold to Orlando company

The upscale, private club was bought by Concert Golf Partners, which says it maintains long-held traditions while making improvements.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Laura Lyon
  • September 24, 2024
Tampa Bay Lightning score a new official bank sponsor

It is the bank’s largest sponsorship investment in the area to date.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King
  • September 24, 2024
Sarasota Paradise owner invests in AI platform to develop soccer team

Audigr Group invested in PlaymakerAI through a subsidiary.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Laura Lyon
  • September 23, 2024
Old Florida Lee County roadside attraction sees new life after Hurricane Ian

Two years on its rebuilding with a ten year plan.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Laura Lyon
  • September 18, 2024
St. Pete flood insurance CEO buys slice of pickleball team

Neptune Flood Insurance is now the title sponsor of Florida Smash.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Laura Lyon
  • September 3, 2024
Tampa entrepreneur grows goat yoga business with grit, good times

How a small family and half a dozen goats jumped to new heights.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Laura Lyon
  • August 29, 2024
$2.4B Clearwater yacht company adds to board

MarineMax, a Clearwater-based recreational boat, yacht and superyacht services company, has appointed Bonnie Biumi to its board.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Andrew Warfield
  • August 28, 2024
Orioles plan high-tech expansion of Sarasota spring training site

A proposed clubhouse addition would bring high-tech batting cages, player facilities and additional parking.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Mark Gordon
  • August 26, 2024
NBA's Cavaliers to hold weeklong training camp in Bradenton

This will also be the Cavaliers’ first remote training camp since the 2004-05 season at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Mark Gordon
  • August 23, 2024
Legoland Florida president sets sights on new ways to grow market share

The newly minted top executive at Legoland Florida takes on the role just as the hyper-competitive $30 billion amusement park industry begins to show a slight dip in what was a post-COVID surge in attendance.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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