Boating = Big Business for Miami
69th annual Miami International Boat Show & Strictly Sail Miami ‘By the Numbers’
2,175 +
•Number of exhibitors in 2009
51
•Percentage of Florida-based exhibitors
50
•Number of exhibitors at the first Miami International Boat Show, held in 1941 under a tent at Miami’s Bayside Park
96,736+
•Number of attendees in 2009
41
•Percentage of visitors who travel to the show outside of Florida
100,000 +
•Number of attendees expected in 2010
$817.8 million
•Dollars the show generates annually in gross sales and wages in Florida
9,030
•Number of full-time jobs the show supports annually in Florida
3,000 +
•Number of watercraft on display at the 2009 show
$1,000
•Cost of least expensive powerboat at the 2009 Show
$4.5 million
•Cost of most expensive powerboat at the 2010 Show
6 feet
•Length of smallest powerboat in 2009
96 feet
•Length of largest powerboat in 2009
73 feet
•Length of largest sailboat in 2009
2.5 million square feet
•Gross amount of exhibition space at the Miami Beach Convention Center
1 million square feet
•Amount of carpet used at the Miami Beach Convention Center – enough to cover 20 football fields