Photo c/o Bais Creative & Public Relations
The official Tampa Edition of Monopoly was released on March 12, 2024 at Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida.
On the new board, which was unveiled today at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, the big free parking square sits between The University of Tampa and Morgan Auto Group.
Last July, game company Top Trumps USA announced plans to create the Tampa Edition of Monopoly and asked the community for suggestions on which locations and local landmarks should make it to the final version.
On the 40-square board released today, the 28 properties have been replaced with spots any Bay area resident would recognize, from some of the most quintessential local experiences (Manatee viewing center, Busch Gardens), to some of the best places to get outdoors (Bayshore Boulevard, Curtis Hixon, Lettuce Lake), the streetcar, and even Gasparilla.
The only real neighborhoods on the board are Ybor City and downtown Tampa.
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Tim Barney, a representative at Top Trumps USA, told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay that his company kept the prices of each property the same as the traditional board and that there's no official conversion for Monopoly dollars to U.S. dollars.
A standard Monopoly board comes with $20,580 in Monopoly money.
A title deed card for The Tampa Bay History Center lists rent with one house at just 10 Monopoly dollars. The Busch Gardens title deed goes for 280 Monopoly dollars, with other spots like Davis Islands Beach (120 Monopoly dollars) and the Morgan Auto Group (200 Monopoly dollars, and a Community Chest card) costing just a bit less.
Photo c/o Bais Creative & Public Relations
On the 40-square board released today, the 28 properties have been replaced with spots any Bay area resident would recognize.
Visit Tampa Bay, which already has a Tampa-Opoly game, will also carry the Tampa Edition of Monopoly.
As previously reported, Top Trumps USA—which is licensing the game under Hasbro—has been in the card and board game business since 2008, and launched the City Monopoly Editions in 2020. Tampa is the 22nd municipality to join the iconic property purchasing game, joining the ranks of Pittsburgh, Palm Springs and Sacramento.
Photo by Ray Roa
Monopoly, Tampa Edition, was unveiled at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Tampa, Florida on March 12, 2024.
Monopoly, originally created in 1935, has roots dating back to 1905 when Elizabeth Magie created the game to explain Henry George’s single tax theory, which advocated for property taxes on the value of buildings regardless of buildings or modifications on the land. Now, the game has over a billion players worldwide, and loads of different themes.
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