{"id":8670,"date":"2021-02-25T22:50:37","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T03:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=8670"},"modified":"2021-02-25T22:50:45","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T03:50:45","slug":"homecourt-by-tracy-mcgrady-is-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2021\/02\/25\/homecourt-by-tracy-mcgrady-is-now-open\/","title":{"rendered":"HomeCourt by Tracy McGrady is now open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210225_182021.jpg?resize=311%2C233&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8671\" width=\"311\" height=\"233\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The city of Lakeland is now home to McGrady\u2019s first restaurant, HomeCourt \u2014&nbsp;a sports-styled venue with unique items on the menu like the PB&amp;J burger.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/eatathomecourt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;HomeCourt by Tracy McGrady<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/food-drink\/openings-closings\/article\/21149056\/former-nba-legend-tracy-mcgrady-opening-new-lakeland-restaurant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">opened, Feb. 24, in Lakeland<\/a>&nbsp;at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/3615+Florida+Ave+S,+Lakeland,+FL+33803\/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x88dd39342015b4b3:0x51620c13ce025694?sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjX6tijn4PvAhVpuVkKHeeVDJ8Q8gEwAHoECAQQAQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">3615 S. Florida Ave<\/a>. The new eatery is the&nbsp;brainchild&nbsp;of Bartow native, former NBA All-Star + Orlando Magic superstar,&nbsp;Tracy McGrady.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Tracy McGrady opens new family-style restaurant in Lakeland called HomeCourt<\/li><li>McGrad invested $1 million into his new restaurant and hometown community<\/li><li>Restaurant created over 70 jobs in the community<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The restaurant is located in the Merchant&#8217;s Walk plaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-8673\" data-id=\"8673\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210225_183054.jpg?w=1110&#038;ssl=1\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-8674\" data-id=\"8674\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210225_182619.jpg?w=1110&#038;ssl=1\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-8675\" data-id=\"8675\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210225_183101.jpg?w=1110&#038;ssl=1\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI love my community, I never forget where I came from,\u201d said McGrady. \u201cI didn\u2019t have that inspiration within my own community that came back and inspired me to be what I wanted to be. I had to look from afar.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210225_184802.jpg?resize=242%2C182&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8672\" width=\"242\" height=\"182\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We also have one of the only simulated golf courses in Polk County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They can accommodate&nbsp;150 guests&nbsp;in their indoor and outdoor dining areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to stop in, the doors are open&nbsp;Sun.-Thurs., from&nbsp;11 a.m.-11 p.m.&nbsp;and on&nbsp;Fri.-Sat., from&nbsp;11 a.m.-midnight.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The city of Lakeland is now home to McGrady\u2019s first restaurant, HomeCourt \u2014&nbsp;a sports-styled venue with unique items on the menu like the PB&amp;J burger.&nbsp;&nbsp;HomeCourt by Tracy McGrady,&nbsp;opened, Feb. 24,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"0","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}