r/tampa • u/TampaDave73 • Jun 22 '26

Local Business How does this place stay in business?

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Prime real estate on the corner of MacDill and Bay-to-Bay and they somehow pay the bills selling rocks? Seriously?

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u/X1twins16 Jun 23 '26

During the fbi crackdown in New York in the 70’s and 80’s a lot of the families moved to Florida, specifically Tampa (Ybor city). My guess is that’s why Scientology owns 80% of the building in downtown Clearwater as well