The Dev team never, ever had control over the Rolanberry Bazaar. It was a system designed by the players.

When Lower Jeuno was the center of the world (and even when it shifted to Whitegate), people sat outside the city to open bazaars because Jeuno still had a tax on bazaar'd items. In response to this, you could set your character outside the city gates to bypass the tax.

Once the update came that removed the tax, there was no reason to bazaar outside the city. People could sell their wares, tax free, in any part of the city.