{"id":124229,"date":"2026-01-19T22:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T22:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/124229\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T22:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T22:48:11","slug":"gamestop-closing-more-than-470-stores-including-4-in-the-tampa-bay-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/124229\/","title":{"rendered":"GameStop closing more than 470 stores \u2014 including 4 in the Tampa Bay area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tampa Bay will be saying goodbye to at least four GameStop locations as the video game giant is set to shutter hundreds of stores to start 2026.<\/p>\n<p>TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Videogame giant GameStop is starting off the year by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/article\/news\/nation-world\/gamestop-closures-january-nationwide\/507-dddb1581-6581-468e-9808-fcbbf8d17652\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">closing hundreds of stores<\/a> across the U.S. \u2014 including several locations in Florida and the Tampa Bay area.<\/p>\n<p>While the company has not released an official list of the stores affected, its website already lists hundreds of locations as closed. A spokesperson for GameStop did not respond to a request for confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>The company said in a filing with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/ix?doc=\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1326380\/000162828025014731\/gme-20250201.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" id=\"isPasted\">Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last year\u00a0<\/a>that it would close &#8220;a significant number of additional stores in fiscal 2025,&#8221; which ends on Jan. 31, 2026. This also comes after GameStop closed 590 U.S. stores during the previous fiscal year.<\/p>\n<p>GameStop shares are down substantially from last May, when influential investor Keith Gill, popularly known as \u201cRoaring Kitty,&#8221; appeared online for the first time in three years to declare his support for GameStop. Gill helped ignite a \u201cmeme&#8221; stock craze in early 2021, when GameStop\u2019s stock price soared above $120.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the list on the company&#8217;s website, Tampa Bay is set to lose GameStop locations in Clearwater, Port Richey, Sebring and Tampa. Here&#8217;s a look at all the GameStop stores closing across Florida.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nFlorida GameStop locations closing                    <\/p>\n<p>Clearwater \u2013 Clearwater Mall, 2723 Gulf to Bay Blvd.Coral Springs \u2013 Maplewood Plaza, 1158 N. University DriveDeland \u2013 Gibbs Plaza, 1697 N. Woodland Blvd.Deltona \u2013 Shoppes of East Deltona, 121 Howland Blvd.Destin \u2013 Island Palm Shoppes, 16055 Emerald Coast Pkwy.Fort Myers \u2013 Cypress Woods, 9390 6 Mile Cypress Pkwy.Fort Myers \u2013 Gulf Coast Town Center, 10021 Gulf Center DriveJacksonville \u2013 Lem Turner Road Jacksonville, 12001 Lem Turner RoadLake Worth \u2013 Lantana Plaza, 5780 S. Jog RoadLeesburg \u2013 US Highway 441 Leesburg, 10300 US Highway 441Margate \u2013 Lakewood Shopping Center, 5499 W. Atlantic Blvd.Miami \u2013 Aventura Mall EB Games, 19575 Biscayne Blvd.Middleburg \u2013 Plantation Crossing, 1545 Branan Field RoadMulberry \u2013 Church Ave Mulberry, 6751 N. Church Ave.Naples \u2013 Market Center, 9960 Business CircleOcoee \u2013 Ocoee Commons, 10576 W. Colonial DriveOrlando \u2013 Lake Fredrica Shopping Center, 3916 S. Semoran Blvd.Palatka \u2013 Palatka Center, 850 S. Moody RoadPensacola \u2013 Creighton Commons, 2620 Creighton RoadPort Richey \u2013 US Highway 19 N Port Richey, 8605 US Highway 19 N.Sanford \u2013 Seminole Center, 3715 S. Orlando DriveSebring \u2013 Lakeshore Mall, 901 US 27 NorthSummerfield \u2013 178th Place Summerfield, 11275 SE 178th PlaceSunrise \u2013 Sawgrass Mills Mall, 12801 W. Sunrise Blvd.Tampa \u2013 Citrus Park Shopping Center, 8502 Citrus Park Drive                    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay will be saying goodbye to at least four GameStop locations as the video game giant is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-124229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}