GameWorks Tampa

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GameWorks Tampa
Location: 1600 E 8th Ave, Tampa, Florida, United States
Opened: 2000
Closed: 2010-03-29

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GameWorks Tampa was a GameWorks entertainment center opened by Sega GameWorks. It was located within the Centro Ybor shopping mall complex in Ybor City, Tampa, Florida.

The venue's operation was taken over by Sega Entertainment USA in place of the dissolved GameWorks parent company in 2004. The venue closed on March 29, 2010 alongside several other GameWorks locations following reorganization at Sega.[1] A month later on April 12, Michael Abecassis, a former consultant for GameWorks, announced that he had purchased the Tampa and Miami locations from Sega Entertainment USA. The venues reopened shortly afterward on April 16 under the management of Abecassis' company A&E Adventures LLC, retaining the GameWorks brand under a licensing agreement from Sega for a short period.[2] The arcade was soon rebranded as GameTime, and continues to operate as such to this day.

History

Development

Main article: GameWorks Tampa/Development.

Magazine articles

Main article: GameWorks Tampa/Magazine articles.

Photographs

Main article: Photos of GameWorks Tampa

References

  1. ↑ https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2010/03/30/gameworks-closes-in-centro-ybor/
  2. ↑ https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2010/04/15/new-owner-will-reopen-ybor-gameworks/


Sega-related venues in the United States
GameWorks
Seattle (1997) | Las Vegas (1997) | Ontario (1997) | Grapevine (1997) | Tempe (1997) | Auburn Hills (1998) | Orange County (1998) | Miami (1999) | Sawgrass Mills (1999) | Chicago (1999) | Columbus (1999) | Irvine (1999) | Lone Tree (199x) | Tampa (2000) | Newport (2002) | Minneapolis (2002) | Long Beach (2003) | Las Vegas at Town Square (201x)
GameWorks Studio
Austin (199x) | City of Industry (199x) | Daytona (199x) | Henderson (199x) | Indianapolis (199x) | Kansas City (199x) | Littleton (199x) | Orlando (199x) | Philadelphia (199x) | San Antonio (199x) | Tucson (199x)
Sega City
Indianapolis (1995) | Cedar Park (1995) | Irvine (1995) | Lone Tree (1996) | Albuquerque (1997) | Baltimore (199x) | San Jose (199x)
Kingdom of Oz
Westminster Mall (19xx) | West Covina Fashion Plaza (19xx) | Puente Hills Mall (19xx) | Old Towne (19xx) | Tanforan Shopping Center (19xx)
Sega Center
Anaheim Plaza (19xx) | Carson Mall (19xx) | Fashion Valley Shopping Center (19xx) | Fox Hills Mall (19xx) | Los Cerritos Center (19xx) | Montclair Plaza (19xx) | Puente Hills Mall (19xx) | Sherman Oaks Galleria (19xx) | Tanforan Shopping Center (19xx)
Sega's Time-Out
Fox Hills Mall (19xx) | Golden Ring Mall (19xx) | Great Northern Mall (19xx) | Time-Out on the Court (19xx)
Sega Station
Boulder Station (1997) | Kansas City (1997) | Sunset Station (1997)
World Sports Grille
Tucson (2008) | Seattle (200x) | Detroit (20xx)
P.J. Pizzazz
Eastland Center (1980) | Garden Grove (1982) | Puente Hills Mall (1982)
Others
Game City (1992) | Grand Slam Canyon (1993) | Midway (1993) | Sega VirtuaLand (1993) | Innoventions (1994) | Sega Speedway (1995) | Stage 35 (xxxx) | Sega Sports at Centerfield (2000)
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