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Old               malls               never               die,               they               just               shut               their               doors.

While               Tampa,               Florida,               has               seen               a               number               of               malls               rise               and               fall               over               the               decades,               Tampa               Bay               Center               seems               to               have               maintained               quite               a               following,               years               after               its               closure,               among               nostalgic               folks.

Tampa               Bay               Center               was               a               two-story               indoor               shopping               mall               that               opened               in               1976,               right               across               the               street               from               Tampa               Stadium.

Tampa               Stadium               was               the               old               home               of               the               Tampa               Bay               Buccaneers               professional               football               franchise.

The               connection               of               the               Tampa               Bay               Buccaneers               and               Tampa               Bay               Center               is               significant,               both               in               symbolic               and               physical               respects.

Read               on               to               find               out               more               about               the               mall               and               its               important               Buccaneers               connections.
               About               the               Mall
               When               the               877,000-square-foot               Tampa               Bay               Center               opened               in               1976,               it               became               Tampa's               fourth               major               indoor               mall,               following               South               Tampa's               Westshore               Mall               in               1967,               North               Tampa's               Floriland               Mall               in               1972,               and               University               Mall               in               1974               ---               located               only               blocks               from               the               University               of               South               Florida               in               North               Tampa.

Tampa               Bay               Center               was               located               at               the               southeast               corner               of               North               Himes               Avenue               and               West               Buffalo               Avenue               (in               1989,               Buffalo               Avenue               was               renamed               Martin               Luther               King,               Jr.,               Boulevard).
               Tampa               Bay               Center               stood               out               from               the               other               Tampa               malls               in               a               number               of               ways.

It               was               one               of               the               few               two-story               malls               in               the               Tampa               area,               and               unlike               the               other               malls               at               the               time,               its               main               corridor               was               splashed               in               sunlight.

A               large               portion               of               the               roof               was               actually               constructed               with               skylights;               a               bright               and               sunny               day               outdoors               meant               a               bright               and               sunny               day               indoors---an               inviting               feature               at               a               time               when               many               malls               were               being               built               with               dropped               ceilings               and               finished               with               darker               colors.
               The               mall               featured               exposed,               light-colored               truss               ceilings               over               the               main               corridor,               tan-brown               floor               tiles,               floor-based               water               fountains,               and               trees               (ficus?)               intermittently               planted               on               the               bottom               floor               of               the               main               corridor,               growing               upwards               toward               the               skylights.

The               open-and-airy               interior               was               further               augmented               by               what               was               one               of               the               mall's               most               important               trademarks:               a               "glass"               elevator               located               in               the               center               of               the               mall.
               When               Tampa               Bay               Center               first               opened,               it               featured               two               anchors:               Sears-Roebuck               and               Burdines               (a               Florida-based               clothing               chain               later               recently               bought               out               by               Macy's).

In               the               early               1980s,               Montgomery               Wards               built               and               moved               into               its               store               location               directly               opposite               the               mall's               main               Buffalo               Avenue               entrance.

Sears               was               located               on               the               western               end               of               the               mall,               and               Burdines'               store               was               on               the               east               end.

The               corridor               ran               the               equivalent               of               a               few               city               blocks               and,               with               two               stories               of               shopping               floor,               contained               several               dozen               stores.

There               was               also               a               two-screen               movie               theater               on               the               first               floor               and,               in               circa               1987,               one               of               the               area's               then-largest               food               courts,               opened               on               the               second               floor               near               the               Buffalo               Avenue               entrance.
               Tampa               Bay               Center               was               arguably               the               place               to               shop               during               its               heyday.

Its               central               location               in               Tampa,               roughly               equidistant               between               Tampa's               trendy               southern               neighborhoods               and               more               affluent               northwestern               suburbs,               allowed               Tampa               Bay               Center               to               enjoy               consistently               large               crowds.

The               Christmas               season               at               Tampa               brought               choir               groups               to               sing               at               the               mall,               Santa               Claus,               and               plenty               of               joyous               and               wintry               decorations.

Around               1990,               the               mall               brought               in               a               double-decker,               vintage               carousel,               which               was               located               at               the               center               of               the               mall               on               the               first               floor.
               The               Decline
               The               mall               was               beset               with               problems               as               the               1990s               wore               on.

The               mall               faced               scrutiny               by               some               in               the               local               black               community               in               the               mid-1990s               because               the               mall's               management               decided               to               close               early               on               the               day               when               two               black               college               football               teams               played               in               the               Florida               Classic               bowl               game               at               Tampa               Stadium               across               the               street.

Though               this               incident               mired               the               mall               in               some               local               controversy,               this               event               is               not               what               necessarily               led               to               the               mall's               eventual               demise.
               What               did               the               mall               in?

Those               familiar               with               the               mall               remember               well               a               pattern               of               shifting               demographics,               the               opening               of               new               shopping               destinations,               and               bankruptcies               that               hit               some               stores,               including               one               of               the               anchors.

Citrus               Park,               a               rural               outpost               in               northwestern               Hillsborough               County               as               recently               as               the               early               to               mid               1980s,               had               found               itself               amid               tremendous               growth               by               the               1990s.

Citrus               Park               Mall,               now               called               Westfield               Shoppingtown               Citrus               Park,               opened               in               1999               and               took               the               Tampa               Bay               Center               Burdines               location               in.

With               the               Burdines               anchor               gone,               Tampa               Bay               Center               began               reeling               from               the               loss               of               a               major               store               and               a               troubling               trend:               those               visiting               the               mall               were               not               necessarily               buying               anything.

Neighborhoods               nearby               Tampa               Bay               Center               were               changing               as               many               of               the               longtime               residents               were               aging               or               moving               to               neighborhoods               further               from               Tampa               Bay               Center.
               This               trend               had               been               occurring               throughout               the               1990s,               but               had               become               especially               pronounced               as               the               decade               moved               on.

However,               with               a               mall               full               of               stores               and               all               three               anchor               buildings               occupied               with               big-name               retailers,               the               mall               still               looked               and               felt               healthy.

With               Burdines               gone,               though,               the               tide               looked               to               be               turning               on               the               mall.
               In               2000,               news               that               the               venerable               Montgomery               Wards               chain               was               closing               all               its               stores               hit               Tampa               Bay               Center               very               hard.

This               meant               the               closing               of               a               second               (of,               again,               only               three)               anchors               and               the               loss               of               a               major,               longtime               tenant.

While               the               hope               for               a               mall               revival               is               always               possible               when               an               aging               mall               loses               anchors,               hope               just               was               not               there               for               Tampa               Bay               Center,               situated               less               than               two               miles               away               from               an               old               golf               course               near               Tampa               International               Airport               that               was,               in               2000,               already               being               cleared               for               International               Plaza,               a               mall               that               would               go               on               to               become               one               of               the               region's               most               popular               shopping               malls.
               Low               rents               kept               only               a               dwindling               corp               of               stores               in               Tampa               Bay               Center,               and               shoppers               no               longer               were               drawn               to               the               once-magnetic               shopping               destination.

By               the               start               of               2002,               International               Plaza               had               opened,               stores               were               leaving               en               masse               from               Tampa               Bay               Center,               and               Sears,               the               last               remaining               anchor               (and               one               of               the               last               stores,               period,               to               remain               at               the               mall               by               that               time)               announced               it               would               be               moving               to               Westshore               Mall               in               the               South               Tampa/Westshore               area               of               Tampa.

Westshore               Mall               and,               by               2002,               not               only               experienced               massive               renovations               leaving               the               mall               almost               unrecognizable               from               its               former               self,               it               had               survived               the               mall               wars               of               Tampa--even               fending               off               competition               from               International               Plaza               barely               more               than               up               the               street               to               the               north.
               Sears               opened               in               the               former               Dillard's               Department               store               location               on               the               east               side               of               Westhore               Mall,               and               with               the               store               Tampa               Bay               Center               officially               closed               its               doors               after               serving               Tampa               shoppers               for               over               a               quarter               of               a               century.

The               mall               that               at               one               point               was               one               of               Tampa               area's               most               popular               malls               found               itself               sitting               in               the               middle               of               a               shifting               neighborhood               and               unable               to               draw               new,               major               tenants.
               The               closure               of               Tampa               Bay               Center               and               its               eventual               demolition               marked               the               end               of               an               era               for               Tampa,               but               the               mall               lives               on               both               in               memories               and,               in               a               small               way,               at               the               Sears               at               Westshore               Mall.

Sears               installed               a               "glass"               elevator               in               its               Westshore               store               that,               in               many               respects,               resembles               the               popular               feature               at               Tampa               Bay               Center.

And,               to               date,               one               can               still               find               Tampa's               typical,               green               road               signs               along               Martin               Luther               King,               Jr.,               Boulevard               and               Himes               Avenue               that,               respectively,               bear               "Tampa               Bay               Center"               and               "Sears"               at               the               traffic-signaled               intersections               which               at               one               point               saw               hundreds               of               cars               a               day               pouring               in               and               out               of               the               mall               property.
               The               Buccaneers-Mall               Connection
               The               mall               was               demolished               over               the               spring               and               summer               of               2005               and               the               Buccaneers               moved               into               their               new               facility               in               time               for               the               2006               football               season.

Encompassing               only               about               half               of               the               mall's               80-acre               property,               the               western               portion               of               the               land               was               turned               into               a               parking               lot               designed               for               stadium               crowds.

The               Buccaneers               now               train               in               what               is               considered               to               be               one               of               the               NFL's               top               facilities.
               The               Tampa               Bay               Buccaneers               first               played               in               the               NFL               in               1976,               the               same               year               as               Tampa               Bay               Center               opened,               and               not               only               helped               bring               plenty               of               shoppers               to               the               mall               on               Sundays,               but               plenty               of               cars,               too.

Though               the               Buccaneers               had               plenty               of               losing               seasons,               it               seems               parking               was               always               scarce,               and               Sundays               in               the               autumn               meant               cars               at               the               mall's               parking               lot.

Home               games               played               during               the               Christmas               shopping               season               made               finding               a               place               to               park               the               car               at               the               mall               all               the               harder.
               Tampa               Stadium               was               demolished               in               1999               following               the               Buccaneer's               first               season               (1998-99)               at               Raymond               James               Stadium               just               yards               to               the               south.

Though               the               Buccaneers               made               a               step               up               to               a               state-of-the-art               stadium,               they               were               still               training               at               a               facility               (also               built               in               1976)               that               was,               by               the               late               1990s,               considered               to               be               less-than               cutting               edge.

Players               were               lifting               weights               under               tarp               roofs               outdoors,               fending               off               rats               in               the               training               facility's               hallways,               and               sharing               lockers.

Perhaps               "roughing               it"               at               old               "One               Buc               Place"               helped               give               the               team               enough               grit               to               win               Super               Bowl               XXXVII,               but               the               aging,               cramped               training               facility               was               deemed               inadequate.
               With               Tampa               Bay               Center               having               closed               its               doors               in               2002,               it               was               little               surprise               that               the               Glazer               family,               the               owners               of               the               Buccaneers,               soon               purchased               the               mall.

Following               a               disappointing               2004               season,               Buccaneers               head               coach               Jon               Gruden               sat               inside               a               steam               shovel               and               struck               the               first               blow               against               the               mall               by               tearing               down               the               yard-wide               (interesting               football               connection,               is               it               not?)               aluminum               exterior               panels               that               comprised               the               facade               of               the               old               Burdines               department               store               building.
               Resources:
               http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/1996/07/29/story3.html?page=1               
               http://www.sptimes.com/2003/01/18/TampaBay/Glazer_paid_228_milli.shtml






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