50th Anniversary Los Angeles Boat Show Rocks the Boating World with Biggest Boat Show Ever on West Coast.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- Largest and Longest-Running of All West Coast Boat Shows Turns 50 This Year; Event Producers, Sponsors and Exhibitors Promise Grand Event with Never-before-Seen Debuts and Special 50th Anniversary Attractions The granddaddy of all boat shows on the West Coast has been the annual event in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or for a half-century, and now in its 50th year, the show is on track to be quite possibly the region's biggest and best show ever. The show will run from this Saturday, Jan. 28, to Sunday, Feb. 5, 2006, at the downtown Los Angeles Convention Center. Exhibitor highlights include: --Rock the Boat: Outdoor Life Network's "Rock the Boat" crew from Ultra Boats will build an all-custom 2006 Ultra 21 Stealth boat IN SIX DAYS on site at the Los Angeles Boat Show -- a never-accomplished-before spectacle. --Live-Aboard Yachting: Bayport Yachts, one of the largest Carver Yacht dealers in the country, will debut the new Carver 43 Hybrid Motor Yacht. This newly designed model is made to meet the new "second home" trend in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , where Southlanders are passing on the high price of a beachside beach·side adj. Situated on or along a beach. vacation home Vacation Home A home separate from an individual's primary residence that is used for recreational purposes and may also be rented out at unused times. Notes: For tax purposes, those who rent their vacation homes may result in a lower amount of allowable expense and opting for cruising, living and entertaining ON the water. --It's Really All About Performance: As the largest and longest-running show outside of Florida, the Los Angeles Boat Show is a launching point for manufacturers -- local, national and international alike -- to introduce new craft in arguably the largest boating market in the country. --The Personal Hovercraft A personal hovercraft is a small hovercraft normally carrying fewer than 10 passengers. The low cost makes it affordable for personal use. Introduction
Boat show hours are weekdays from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 29, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and Sunday, Feb. 5, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults, and children 12 and under get in free when accompanied by an adult. Special discounts available online at www.socalboatshows.com and at participating Southern California Dairy Queen Dairy Queen (also known as DQ) is an ice-cream shop and fast-food restaurant franchise based in the United States and founded in 1940. For many years the franchise's slogan was "We treat you right!" In recent years, it has been changed to "DQ something different. and Dodge dealer locations. NOTE TO EDITORS: High-res images available at www.images.scma.com. |
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