“The Tribune show is THE boating and fishing event of the year. Our area has seemingly an unlimited number of opportunities to go to boat shows this show equals 10 of the others. There’s no reason to go to any other show.”
Mike Ayers, Seals Marine


“This is the only show we do. It’s the biggest turnout that I know of. It gives us enough work for the whole year.”
Brian Edgecomb, Aluminum Outfitters


“I sold more product during the three day Tampa Tribune show than I did at the four day Miami and Ft. Lauderdale boat shows”
Pete Kapinos, Get Smoked Fish Wear
It’s the big one – don’t let it get away!
The Tampa Tribune Outdoors Expo & Boat Show is Florida’s Largest Outdoors Show. Don’t miss your chance to feature your outdoors products and services at this premier outdoors event! For the past 16 years, The Tampa Tribune Outdoors Expo & Boat Show has carved a reputation as Florida’s largest and best-managed family outdoors show. With tens of thousands of visitors each year, it dwarfs other events in Florida and much of the Southeast. The Tampa Bay area is one of the nation’s largest markets for outdoors and boating gear, so most vendors find success at the Expo year after year.


EXPERT ADVICE
With nearly 50 seminars on fresh and saltwater fishing, fly-fishing, boating, hunting, dog training, kayaking and more from top outdoors experts, the show attracts and maintains a tremendous crowd day after day. This year, we’ll have more fishing attractions, and we’ll concentrate on bringing even more boating buyers to the show by way of advertising and seminars.

FAMILY TRADITION
The Expo offers a clean, attractive facility with 140,000 square feet of air-conditioned floor space with bright lighting and fully carpeted walkways. Major outdoors display areas feature a broad, lake-dotted landscape with acres of open space for boats, RVs and trucks. Located near the I-4 and I-275 junction, the fairgrounds are easy to get to from anywhere in Florida. Safe, fenced parking for exhibitors and visitors is a major plus at the fairgrounds. And full-time security inside the expo halls helps keep your wares safe overnight.

GREAT FACILITIES
Quality hotels and restaurants are just minutes away. Drive-in loading facilities and lots of exhibitor parking are part of your show package. The Fairgrounds is just east of Tampa at the junction of Interstate 4 and U.S. 301.

BUYERS GALORE
Families drawn to the Expo are looking for the latest and greatest in boats, motors and outdoors gear, and our surveys indicate they’ve got money to spend. With carefully targeted promotions, we bring out buyers, not tire kickers! Many retailers report their highest one-day sales of the year from the Expo.


WIDESPREAD AUDIENCE
With more than 539,900 daily readers and 767,900 Sunday readers*, The Tampa Tribune provides an unbeatable vehicle to promote the Expo. And our partnership with WFLA-TV News Channel 8, the NBC affiliate in the Tampa market, means plenty of television exposure, as well. Additional promotion on targeted cable television shows, a Web site on TBO.com, and radio commercials, give the Expo a complete multimedia promotional campaign seen and heard throughout the Tampa Bay market.

*Source: 2007 Scarborough

YOUR HOST
Expo Host FRANK SARGEANT is Outdoors Editor of The Tampa Tribune, past president of the Florida Outdoor Writers Association, author of 11 books, a staff writer for “Florida Sportsman,” “Outdoor Life” and “Boating” magazines and senior writer for Outdoor World Television. His work has won more than 60 national writing awards.

RESERVE TODAY!
Don’t miss out on the 2008 Tampa Tribune Outdoors Expo & Boat Show. Reserve your space now. Remember, the show has sold out early for almost a decade straight. Join the action this year in Tampa!

FOR MORE INFO, CONTACT:
Fran Solomon, Expo Director
The Tampa Tribune
P.O. Box 191, Tampa, FL 33601
Phone 813-259-7376
Fax 813-259-8009
E-mail: fsolomon@tampatrib.com