Tampa Premium Outlets To Break Ground, Costco Coming?

Representatives from Costco Wholesale are scheduled to meet with Pasco County staff about a site next to the future Tampa Premium Outlets mall, which breaks ground on Dec. 12.
Representatives from Costco Wholesale are scheduled to meet with Pasco County staff about a site next to the future Tampa Premium Outlets mall, which breaks ground on Dec. 12.

By Matt Wiley

The developer of the planned Tampa Premium Outlets mall on S.R. 56 (just west of I-75), has scheduled a groundbreaking ceremony for early tomorrow morning.Continue reading

Wiregrass Baseball Complex Deal In Jeopardy

James Talton (right) of Pasco Sports, LLC, and former MLB star Gary Sheffield were given one last extension from Pasco County on Nov. 18 to prove they have secured the funds to keep the proposed Wiregrass Ranch baseball facility project alive. However, the group missed its final deadline on Dec. 5.
James Talton (right) of Pasco Sports, LLC, and former MLB star Gary Sheffield were given one last extension from Pasco County on Nov. 18 to prove they have secured the funds to keep the proposed Wiregrass Ranch baseball facility project alive. However, the group missed its final deadline on Dec. 5.

By Matt Wiley

The Wiregrass Baseball Facility project in Wesley Chapel could be killed at the next Pasco County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting, as the development group hoping to construct the complex has missed its final extension to prove that it had the necessary financing to move forward.Continue reading

Sheffield Promises $3M For Wiregrass Baseball Complex, Extension Granted

James Talton (right) of Pasco Sports, LLC, and former MLB star Gary Sheffield were given one last extension from Pasco County on Nov. 18 to prove they have secured the funds to keep the proposed Wiregrass Ranch baseball facility project alive. Pasco commissioners will decide whether or not to terminate the project on Jan. 13.
James Talton (right) of Pasco Sports, LLC, and former MLB star Gary Sheffield were given one last extension from Pasco County on Nov. 18 to prove they have secured the funds to keep the proposed Wiregrass Ranch baseball facility project alive. 

By Matt Wiley

Retired MLB star and longtime Tampa Bay-area resident Gary Sheffield says that he’ll cough up $3 million of his own money to make sure that the proposed Wiregrass Ranch baseball complex becomes a reality — a move that was enough to earn Pasco Sports, LLC, one last extension from the Pasco County to prove it has the funds to make the project happen.Continue reading