Page 4 - Mid America Boating - August 2022 issue

The next Cleveland Boat Show

will be totally redesigned for

it’s 2023 opening…

In what will be the first total redesign since it first appeared in the I-X
Center 37 years ago, the 2023 Progressive Cleveland Boat Show will
occupy newly renovated space dedicated to public shows at the venue, 3 [ MID-AMERICA BOATING ] AUGUST 2022
according to the Lake Erie Marine Trades Association.
“Recognizing the contributions to the “Because the showplace configuration is
community of the area’s annual public shows,” new and different,” noted Burke, “we are able
said LEMTA president, Michelle Burke, “we to start from scratch and design all-new boat
are excited that the I-X Center ownership has and accessory layouts while also enhancing
chosen to dedicate a major part of the build- our most popular entertainment and hands-
ing to continuing the most popular events on activity centers, including our big Fish
traditionally enjoyed by thousands of exhib- Expo section. New food services and similar
itors and attendees from throughout Ohio.” amenities will also be more centrally located,”
The newly allotted area will include nearly she promised.
400,000 square feet of exhibit space, suffi- The boat show annually features hundreds
cient to continue to present Ohio’s largest of power and sailboats, plus over 250 equip-
annual boat and fishing show. With the recent ment and accessory displays. It’s Fish Expo
I-X ownership change, most of the facility’s section boasts related tackle exhibits plus a
2.5 million square feet will be used for ware- trout fishing pond, daily seminars and more.
housing/distribution activities boosted by its One thing one change: the ever-popular
unique position at Cleveland Hopkins Airport Twiggy the Water-Skiing Squirrel will again
where planes can essentially taxi up the to headline a schedule of live musical and other
I-X’s back door. entertainment events at the show.
The new showplace will occupy the far The Cleveland Boat Show has reigned as
eastern area of the I-X main floor. Accord- Ohio’s biggest winter-time boating event
ingly, the main public show entrance, which since its inception in 1957 at the Cleveland
has been on the west side in the past, will be Convention Center. Overall, when the show
relocated to the east, as will food services, opens in the I-X next January 12-15 it will mark
parking and similar amenities. it’s 66th anniversary. MAB

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