{"id":2383434,"date":"2026-04-21T21:42:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2383434"},"modified":"2026-04-21T21:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:42:16","slug":"entertainment-complex-planned-for-downtown-clearwater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/entertainment-complex-planned-for-downtown-clearwater\/","title":{"rendered":"Entertainment complex planned for downtown Clearwater"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<p>Developers say \u201cthe largest movie screen in the world\u201d is coming to Clearwater.<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland Street Alliance, LLC has announced plans for an 83,000-square-foot \u201cfamily entertainment complex\u201d at the corner of Cleveland Street and Myrtle Avenue. The plans call for a seven-screen multiplex theater, with one screen topping out at 131 feet in width.<\/p>\n<p>Built and operated by Texas-based EVO Entertainment, the facility will include bowling, arcade gaming, laser tag, dining and \u201cinteractive entertainment.\u201d Request for a demolition permit for the current building has been submitted to the City of Clearwater.<\/p>\n<p>According to a prepared statement announcing the entertainment complex, it represents an approximately $50 million private investment.<\/p>\n<p>The entertainment complex is being designed as the \u201cgateway\u201d to a re-imagined Cleveland Street corridor. Cleveland Street Alliance, LLC is going building-by-building with historic restoration and redevelopment projects. Twenty-three projects, it says, are already underway on the historic thoroughfare.<\/p>\n<p>The alliance, which is associated with the Church of Scientology, debuted an 1,400-square-foot showroom April 18 at 331 Cleveland Street, with large-scale digital media and a detailed downtown model, so that residents and visitors can see, and comment on, future plans.<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland Street Alliance, LLC is managed by Scott Dobbins, founder and principal of the Tampa-based commercial real estate firm Hybridge. \u201cHistoric structures are reinforced and preserved,\u201d Dobbins said in statement to the <em>Catalyst<\/em>. \u201cNew interventions prioritize transparency, accessibility and usability. What was once a collection of aging and underutilized properties is becoming a cohesive, active and architecturally distinct corridor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alliance partners include Halflants &amp; Pichette architects, Streetsense, Gensler and Fairmount Properties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Cleveland Street Alliance is comprised of the Church of Scientology, its parishioners and world-class professionals who are working together to bring this vision to life,\u201d Dobbins said.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the principals, including Dobbins, appear in this promotional video from the Church of Scientology, discussing the Cleveland Street transformation:<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/cw.scientology.tv\/clearwater\/the-restoration-of-cleveland-street.html?iframe=1&amp;start=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_115173\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-115173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cleveland Street restoration work: Roofing staff fasten barrel tiles along the Peoples Bank building roofline, 432 Cleveland, from a boom lift. Photo: Cleveland Street Alliance, LLC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source stpetecatalyst.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Developers say \u201cthe largest movie screen in the world\u201d is coming to Clearwater. 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