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"The Trop" opened in 1990 as the Suncoast Dome in St. Petersburg, Florida. The facility didn't have a permanent tenant until 1991 when the Arena League Tampa Bay Storm moved in. Two years later, the area's pro hockey team moved in. In 1998, big...

The original Rowdies played in the old North American Soccer League from 1974 until that league's demise in 1985. They continued on in a variety of indoor and outdoor leagues until 1993.

The original North American Soccer League (NASL) was formed in 1967 when the competing United Soccer Association and the National Professional Soccer League decided to join forces. For the next 12 seasons, it was the top-level league for outdoor soccer in the U.S. and...

At least it looked that way in the late '70s, as the North American Soccer League (NASL) grew in popularity in North America. Kids all over the continent were playing in youth leagues, while the NASL grew to 24 teams in 1978, a number...

Soccer Bowl '83 was the penultimate championship game played by the original North American Soccer League (NASL). The NASL was??formed in 1967 when the competing United Soccer Association and the National Professional Soccer League decided to join forces. For the next 12 seasons, it...

The Tampa Bay Mutiny were charter members of MLS and took the field for the league's inaugural season in 1996. The team was owned by the league and at first was quiet successful both on the pitch and at the gate. However, onerous lease...

This short-lived chain of restaurants appeared in 1966 and hoped to get an extra boost in popularity by attaching the name of country music legend Minnie Pearl to the effort. After a great start, the whole thing came unraveled when it was revealed the...

Cypress Gardens was a botanical garden and theme park located in Winter Haven, Florida. It opened in 1936 and claimed to be the state's first commercial theme park. It closed in 2009 and was replaced by Legoland Florida. The old botanical gardens were saved...

"Hello! My name is Gilbert Gnarley, G-N-A-R-L-E-Y..." He's just a slightly confused old man living at the St. Pia Zadora retirement home in Pisgah, Ohio. Sprung from the mind of nationally syndicated radio legend Gary Burbank, he called companies asking about why their jelly...

The Tallahassee Tiger Sharks were a team in the East Coast Hockey League (now the ECHL), that was established in 1981 as the Nashville South Stars in the Central Hockey League. After stops (and corresponding league changes) in Roanoke, VA and Huntsville, AL, the...

Tampa Bay fans are always ready for October baseball.??

Royal Castle Hamburgers??was founded in 1938 by William Singer in Miami. The chain grew to over 175 locations in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Ohio, and Michigan.??

Royal Castle Hamburgers??was founded in 1938 by William Singer in Miami. The chain grew to over 175 locations in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Ohio, and Michigan.??

The Old South Bar-B-Q Ranch was a Florida institution. Billboards across the state beckoned diners to the restaurant on Route 27 in Clewiston.

It was the place "where pineapples grow." A Highway 27 institution in Florida, Plantation Paradise, colloquially known as Pineapple Paradise, was a popular attraction Lake Placid on the road from Orlando to Miami.

The Tampa Bay Storm played in the Arena Football League from the league's inception in 1987, until it's demise in 2017. Founded as the Pittsburgh Gladiators, the club moved to Tampa in 1991. The team made the playoffs in 24 of its 26 seasons...

Remember kids, Electricity is your friend, but he can kill you. Check out the sticker!

Introduced in 1982, the Commodore 64 is the single best selling computer model of all time. Along with the Apple II, it helped usher in the era of home computing for millions.

What could be more convenient? Drive up to the little booth, drop off your film, come back the next day and see your pictures. Mail them to friends and family! Established in the early 1960s in Southern California, Fotomat grew to over 4,000 locations...

Zayre and was a chain of discount department stores that operated throughout the U.S. from the 1960s through the 1980s. After selling the Zayre locations to competitor Ames, the company focused on its TJ Maxx storeds as well as sibling retailers Marshalls, Home Goods,...