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› Outback Steakhouse hiking menu prices again, Tampa’s Bloomin’ Brands says
Your local Outback Steakhouse menu price increases from last fall aren’t going anywhere. In fact, they’re rising again. Outback’s parent company, Tampa-based Bloomin’ Brands, will push its prices up another 2 percent this year, executives said on a call with investors Friday morning. That increase is likely to stay in place at least through the year.
› As Brightline struggles with deadly accidents, what will future hold for South Florida rail expansion?
While Brightline is regarded by some as an emerging gold standard for higher speed train travel and a magnet for upscale development in South Florida, the line also has become a grim barometer for what the public and policy makers probably never envisioned: an alarming number of deaths and injuries at railroad crossings and along tracks.
› Inside the biggest superyachts at this year’s Miami International Boat Show
The Miami International Boat Show is back after a pandemic hiatus, returning with extravagant superyachts from around the world at Island Gardens Marina. Through Sunday, the show is spread over six venues, with organizers expecting 100,000 people. With over 600 exhibitors, the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau says it’s the first time the entire 1.4 million-square-foot convention center is being used since its 2018 remodel and expansion.
› Pasco tourism officials consider next additions to their Florida Sports Coast venue offerings
Even as the pandemic took hold in early 2020, one part of Pasco County’s economy weathered the storm well — its sports tourism industry. Lacking a convention center and sugar-sand beaches, the suburban county north of Tampa Bay has bet big on holding amateur sporting competition to lure tourists. And as COVID-19 shuttered businesses and emptied concert halls, those games played on.
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