[EXPIRED] This week: Miami International Boat Show, February 11 – 15, Miami Marine Stadium and Basin, AICW Statute Mile 1091.5
The Miami Boat Show’s move from the Miami Beach Convention Center to Miami Marine Stadium and Basin will be an improvement for visitors arriving by land but not for those wishing to come by boat, since anchoring in the Basin during the show has been prohibited, see Miami Boat Show Anchoring Angst.
Miami International Boat Show Hits the Water
POSTED BY MICHAEL CANDELARIA ON JANUARY 20, 2016 IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
The waves between South Beach and Virginia Key (near Key Biscayne) were threatening. For five decades, the Miami International Boat Show had been anchored at the venerable Miami Beach Convention Center.
Then an announced move to a new location some 16 nautical miles south prompted mounting ripples of contention. Both the City of Miami and the National Marine Manufacturers Association, organizer of the boat show, came under attack by Key Biscayne officials over environmental concerns stemming from the expected crowds totaling roughly 100,000 people. The move was prompted by expansion of the convention center, which would have reduced the boat show by 75 percent.
Now following lengthy debate, along with permit approvals from Miami-Dade County Board of Commissioners, Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the Army Corps of Engineers, the 75th Progressive Miami International Boat Show is on ‘” set for Feb. 11 to 15 at the Miami Marine Stadium Park and Basin.
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Click Here To Open A Chart View Window, Zoomed To the Location of the Marine Stadium Anchorage
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