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Clockwise from left: A rendering of Water Street Tampa, Ian Schrager, Jeff Vinik, Patrick Mahomes, rendering of Tampa Edition, Bill Gates and Tom Brady (Photos via Getty; Water Street Tampa/Photo Illustration by Kevin Rebong for The Real Deal)
UPDATED, Feb. 5, 2:11 p.m.: The headliners in Tampa this weekend are no doubt Patrick Mahomes of the Chiefs and Tom Brady of the Buccaneers, but the two star quarterbacks aren’t the only game in town.
While Jeff Vinik, Bill Gates and Ian Schrager will definitely not be suiting up on Sunday for Super Bowl LV, the trio are key players in a $3.5 billion mixed-use project set to transform the host city’s downtown waterfront. And with residential sales buoyed by a Florida market that has seen buyers move south for the climate, room, lighter taxes and less stringent Covid regulations, Tampa has attracted a crowd that will stay long after the Big Game.