March 2, 2010
Michelle Coats, APR, CPRC
Community Information
Specialist |
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Ocean Center to host Boat, Sport
and Travel Show April 9 - 11
Hundreds of boats, personal
watercraft, campers and more to fill
exhibit hall
With colder-than-normal weather
behind them, locals will be ready to
greet springtime and the outdoors
again soon, and will have the
opportunity to get reacquainted with
the Florida lifestyle at the Great
American Boat, Sport and Travel
Show, Friday through Sunday, April 9
- 11, at the Ocean Center. The show
will feature new and quality
pre-owned recreational outdoor
equipment – including RVs, campers,
and power sports vehicles – and more
than 200 luxury fishing and family
boats and personal watercraft. The
show will be open from 10 a.m. - 8
p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10
a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday in the Ocean
Center’s 95,000-square-foot exhibit
hall.
Admission for the April 9 - 11 show
is $3 for ages 13 and up at the
door. Children 12 and younger are
admitted free. Parking is available
in the Ocean Center’s parking lots
and parking garage for $5 a day. A
coupon for one free adult ticket
with the purchase of one adult
ticket is available on the show’s
web site,
www.thegreatamericanboatsportandtravelshow.com.
More than 5,000 visitors are
expected at the Great American Boat,
Sport and Travel Show, which has
been at the Volusia County facility
since 1994. The show is owned by
Marine Industry Association of
Central Florida Inc.