Some of the boating industry's most exciting innovations of the new decade will be unveiled at the 54th Annual Los Angeles Boat Show beginning Thursday, February 18 through Sunday, February 21, 2010, at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Sponsored by the Automobile Club of Southern California, the official water craft insurance provider*, the annual event is one of the largest and most prestigious boat shows in the western United States, having drawn nearly 4 million attendees from across the nation over the last 53 years to view the most spectacular array of boats and marine accessories available under one roof.
"This year's show will display millions of dollars worth of new water craft and products. Everything from affordable family-oriented boats, to the most luxurious motor yachts and finely crafted sailing vessels," said Dave Geoffroy, Executive Director of the Southern California Marine Association (SCMA), the show's organizers. "The new four-day format also promises to be jam-packed with fun and activities for the whole family?all at a new low price."
Highlights of the L A Boat Show will include:
- A rare opportunity to view the new Icon A5?an award-winning amphibious sport aircraft on display in the Los Angeles Convention Center Lobby. www.iconaircraft.com.
- The Kona Concept Catamaran Deck Kit?a zero emission solar electric boat that has the speed, range and sea-worthy attributes that allow cruising between harbors in the open ocean, as well as protected waters. The award-winning boat can be assembled at home in less than a day. www.murrays.com/p/80-0011/.
- Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world's largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists working to save lives and empower people affected by breast cancer, has been selected by SCMA as the official charity to receive an honorarium from the show's proceeds. A Komen booth will be onsite to accept charitable donations from the public, offer merchandise for sale, and sign up attendees for the upcoming Race for the Cure on March 14, 2010, at Dodger Stadium. The booth will also display an Advantage X-Flight speed boat, custom painted with a stylized, horizontal turquoise and pink ribbon logo that commemorates the boat owner's own victory over breast cancer. www.komenlacounty.org.
- L.A. LIVE?the world-class, 5.6 million square-foot entertainment campus, with more than a dozen restaurants and clubs, hotels, cinemas, music museum, broadcasting studios and the famous Nokia Theater and STAPLES Center?will offer visitors "Two for One" Boat Show discount admission coupons at participating L.A. LIVE establishments. The one-of-a-kind entertainment complex sits adjacent to the Los Angeles Convention Center at the corner of Figueroa and Olympic. www.lalive.com.
The Los Angeles Convention Center is located at 1201 S. Figueroa Street. The four-day show will open Thursday and Friday from Noon to 9:00 p.m., Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., and Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Admission prices are $10.00 for adults, with children 12 years or under, free. Please call 714-633-7581, or visit www.losangelesboatshow.com, for more information.
*Insurance offered to members by the Interinsurance Exchange of the Automobile Club.
Boat Show images are available to the media at: www.images.scma.com.
Contacts:
SCMA
Bill Long
949-683-4990
blong@jnrcorp.com
