27°59′16″N 82°21′44″W / 27.9877°N 82.3622°W / 27.9877; -82.3622 The Bob Thomas Equestrian Center is an equestrian center located on the Florida State Fairgrounds in East Lake-Orient Park, Florida .
4-491: The center "includes exercise grounds, warm-up rings, two show rings, and a grand prix ring." In addition, the center has a "9,000 square foot indoor pavilion" that "can accommodate exhibitor banquet and festival seating overlooking the show rings, all in a climate-controlled environment." There's also 471 permanent stalls in five barns, plus plenty of parking and a full-service restaurant. Bob Thomas and his friend Olin Mott raised
8-689: The business to six locations. His office was decorated with photos of Mott with notable friends including George Steinbrenner , Lee Roy Selmon , and Billy Martin as well as every Republican president of the United States since Richard Nixon . He served on the Florida State Fair board from 1998 to 2012, developed the Bob Thomas Equestrian Center at the Fairgrounds with Bob Thomas, and helped bring
12-657: The money to build the facility. This Hillsborough County, Florida location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a sports venue in Florida is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Olin Mott Olin Mott (March 5, 1921 – July 2, 2013) was the founder of Olin Mott Tire Stores and a philanthropist who lived in Tampa, Florida . Mott
16-643: Was born March 5, 1921, in Coffee, Georgia and was one of eight children. He joined the Army and was stationed at Fort Kamehameha in Hawaii . He was injured in the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. After the war, he moved to Tampa. He worked for a tire business that did retreading before starting his own tire business, Olin Mott Tire store, in 1955 at 3741 East Hillsborough Avenue . He eventually expanded
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