Tampa Bay Center
An aerial view of Tampa Bay Center. | |
| Location | Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
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| Address | 3302 W. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd |
| Opening date | August 5, 1976 |
| Closing date | 2002 |
| Demolished | 2005 |
| Developer | The Rouse Co. (Rouse-Tampa Bay, LLC) |
| Management | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| Owner | Malcolm Glazer |
| Stores and services | 100+ (at peak) |
| Anchor tenants | 3 (at peak) |
| Floor area | 877,000 square feet (81,500 m2) |
| Floors | 2 |
| Website | tampabaycenter.com (2000 archive) |
Tampa Bay Center was a shopping mall located in Tampa, Florida, across the street from Tampa Stadium. The mall was developed by Rouse-Tampa Bay, LLC, a subsidiary of The Rouse Company. When it opened on August 5, 1976 the 877,000-square-foot (81,500 m2) Tampa Bay Center was Tampa's fourth major mall and operated until 2001, when most of its tenants relocated to the nearby International Plaza. The mall opened one day after the nearby defunct East Lake Square Mall. The mall was a two-story building that had an anchor at each end, plus one in the center of the mall: Burdines on the east side, Montgomery Ward in the center, and Sears on the west side.