What do pizza equipment, basketball and South Florida have in common? The answer is professional basketball star, LeBron James. The 6-foot, 8-inch tall force to be reckoned with is known for making bold moves both on and off of the court. And the July 2014 news headlines coming out of South Florida proves it.
The Miami Herald’s Greg Cote focused on dispelling rumors surrounding LeBron’s salary increase whereas the Sun Sentinel’s Miriam Valverde helped announce the pro athlete’s plans to open several restaurants in the Sunshine State. Personally, it’s the restaurants that we are more interested in at the moment. They are all expected to be a part of the California-based restaurant franchise, Blaze Pizza.
In general, all Blaze Pizza franchise locations are at least 1,800-square feet in size and contain some of the best pizza equipment around. They also tend to require investors to pony up roughly $250K per location and LeBron is said to be opening up 10 venues in Florida and 15 in Illinois. Now that’s a business plan that’s clearly going to require a lot of cheese.
But as basketball devotee Cote pointed out, LeBron is rumored to be on track to receive a $20+ million dollar payday. And we all know that you can surely buy a lot of pizza equipment in South Florida for a cool $20 mil. This is especially the case when savvy restaurateurs choose to buy their kitchen equipment at auctions in South Florida.
Although we doubt that the franchiser will allow LeBron to buy his pizza equipment used, the auction idea is still worth mentioning. Why? At our auction house in South Florida, we come across both new and used pizza equipment. So good deals on pizza ovens and the like are never really far away from a budget-conscious restaurateur’s grasp. To learn more about securing first-rate pizza equipment in South Florida at bottom shelf prices, please contact us today.
