Friday, August 3, 2007

Top Daytona Beach Attractions

The Top Listof the Largest area attractions as published recently in the Daytona Beach News Journal.

Attraction, address; year established; (number of visitors)
1. Volusia County Fair & Expo Center, 3150 E. New York Ave., DeLand; 1923; (1.7 million)
2. Daytona 500 Experience, 1801 W. International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach; 1996; (500,000)
3. Daytona Lagoon, 601 Earl St., Daytona Beach; 1997; (424,000)
4. The Daytona Cubs, 105 E. Orange Ave., Daytona Beach; 1914; (147,677)
5. Ponce DeLeon Inlet Lighthouse, 4931 S. Peninsula Drive, Ponce Inlet; 1972; (124,932)
6. Speed Park Motorsports, 201 Fentress Blvd., Daytona Beach; 1997; (100,000)
7. Volusia Speedway Park, 1500 E. State Road 40, DeLeon Springs; 1965; (100,000)
8. Museum of Arts and Sciences, 352 S. Nova Road, Daytona Beach; 1955; (96,000)
9. Marine Science Center, 100 Lighthouse Drive, Ponce Inlet; 2002; (46,088)
10. Marine Discovery Center, 162 North Causeway, New Smyrna Beach; 1997; (39,000)
11. Atlantic Center for the Arts, 1414 Art Center Ave., New Smyrna Beach; 1982; (3,000)
*Based on company reports. Figures are for total number of visitors in 2006. Not all attractions chose to participate. This list is not comprehensive. Some businesses may have been inadvertently omitted.

Interesting, huh? I have beeen to most of the attractions, but still have a couple on the list that I will need to check out.