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Shaquille O’Neal is one of the most dominant players of all time. However, his dominance did not stop once he stepped off the hardwood. The Big Diesel turned himself into one of the most successful entrepreneurs with multiple big-time investments. He also took to the food business and owns multiple franchises. Surprisingly, he is taking his restaurant, SHAQ’S Big Chicken to the city he dislikes, San Antonio.

The Big Chicken franchise is a big hit for Shaquille O’Neal. With locations in both Las Vegas and Los Angeles, it seems the restaurant is looking to expand. In their recent expansion plan, the Big Chicken franchise is going for locations all over Texas. But to everyone’s surprise, there is also going to be a Big Chicken in the place Shaq isn’t most fond of, San Antonio.

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While the move may seem surprising, it seems the Big Diesel is ready to kick off his business and make amends for the past

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Shaquille O’Neal to expand Big Chicken

The Big Chicken restaurant owned by O’Neal covers his favorite foods to go with the modern concepts. O’Neal has all his childhood favorites on the menu and fuses them with items such as fried chicken and or sandwiches. In addition, the names of particular dishes are what have gained all the attention. The menu have sandwiches named after Charles Barkley as well as O’Neal himself.

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While the franchise is already going great, O’Neal always likes to go bigger. They are now looking to open all around Texas including San Antonio. But what is the beef between Shaq and San Antonio?

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Notably, coming into the league, O’Neal wanted to be the best. And in his competition was San Antonio center, Davis Robinson. He created fake drama in his head and shamed the Admiral for denying him a signature. While he did apologize, Shaq ran with the story throughout his entire career. In addition, Shaquille O’Neal also thinks the 1999 title the Spurs won should not count. Due to a shortened season, O’Neal thinks it isn’t a real championship and doesn’t mind if people of San Antonio get mad at him.

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With all the drama that runs with O’Neal and San Antonio, the food he is serving really suits the city. With fried food as their main component, Texas is all for it. Hence, Shaq is heading into yet another business success and Big Chicken comes close to expanding.