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Sports–Entertainment

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  • By Louis Llovio
  • March 27, 2024
174 homes coming to famed Pinellas golf course and PGA stop

Luxury homebuilder Toll Brothers is building homes and townhouses at Innisbrook Golf & Spa Resort.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • March 27, 2024
Alamo Drafthouse looks to hire 45 people for new Naples location

The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is scheduled to open in the spring, in the high-end Mercato shopping center.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • March 14, 2024
Alamo Drafthouse to debut in Naples with a twist: Indoor mini golf

Following a trend to find ways to draw people to movie theaters, the Alamo Drafthouse at Mercato will have a nine-hole miniature golf course and a lounge in the lobby when it opens.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jay Heater
  • March 11, 2024
Virginia golf company buys landmark Manatee County country club

The new owner plans improvements to all three courses at Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club and intends to retain many of the club's staff members.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • March 3, 2024
No escaping that Midtown Tampa getting an escape room

The $1 billion development Midtown Tampa has signed a lease with Nashville-based The Escape Game, which will open this fall.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • March 1, 2024
$20 million golf club renovation in Lee County almost finished

A big part of a $20 million renovation of the Copperleaf Golf Club in Estero is nearly complete.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Beth Luberecki
  • February 22, 2024
$3 million food, drink and entertainment concept a hit in Naples

Two decades of "successes, failures, bumps, bruises" guides entrepreneurs' strategy with multi-venue food and beverage venture.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • February 16, 2024
Creative entrepreneur helps beleaguered malls survive amid market shift

Mall operators seeking to draw more customers are turning to companies like US Design Lab to add a dose of fun to the experience.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • February 14, 2024
Dolphin drives $32 million Clearwater aquarium upgrade

Winter the dolphin changed the fortunes of a once sleepy aquarium near Clearwater Beach.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • February 13, 2024
Sarasota pickleball company advances on Palm Beach County project

The Pickleball Club, a Sarasota company that develops private, indoor pickleball facilities, is moving forward on a project in Palm Beach County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • February 13, 2024
Work starts on $6 million women's pro soccer stadium project

The Tampa Bay Sun FC is upgrading a local high school stadium ahead of its inaugural season set to start in August.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson
  • February 6, 2024
Joe Chillura, behind tax plan that saved the NFL in Tampa Bay, dies at 84

Joe Chillura — architect, former Hillsborough County commissioner and former Tampa City council member — died Saturday. He was 84.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson
  • January 20, 2024
Indoor pickleball facility to open in Tampa

Pickleball Kingdom, a national indoor pickleball franchise, will soon open its latest unit in Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Ryan Kohn
  • January 19, 2024
Manatee golf club wins World Champions Cup for 2024, 2025 and 2028

The Concession has also bid to host the 2031 PGA Championship — one of four golf Majors.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jim Stinson
  • December 27, 2023
USF goes for the big score with $340M stadium project

University of South Florida hopes the 35,000-seat stadium will be a go-to mid-sized venue for the region.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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