BOATING POKER RALLY REVIVED IN GREATER CINCINNATI

NEWS RELEASE

Contact:
Art Resnick
(202)927-8062

Dayton, KY/June 24, 2009—The Mid-American Boating Association is planning to revive the poker rally concept on the Ohio River in Greater Cincinnati after a two-year absence.

The Cincinnati rally is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, July 24-25 at Manhattan Harbour, formerly Watertown Marina, in Dayton, KY. The 50-mile route contains five checkpoints where poker cards will be given out to each driver with a turnaround down river at Smuggler's Cove across from Belterra Casino.

Organizers are seeking sponsors in the form of vendors to the boating industry or local restaurants and entertainment facilities. Up to 60 boats are expected from here and around the region.

Registration will be held Friday, July 24 from 1 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. A mandatory driver meeting is scheduled the next morning at 10. The first wave of boaters will start at 10:45. A lunch break is planned and the last of the boats should return to Dayton by 4:30 p.m. A 6 p.m. banquet is planned where trophies will be given out for first and second place winners.

To become a sponsor or to get more information, call Roger Schnabel at 1-859-221-3697. Registration forms are also available online: www.midamericanboatingllc.com.

The mission of the Northern Kentucky Convention and Visitors Bureau is that of an aggressive sales, marketing, service and informational organization whose primary responsibility is to positively impact the Northern Kentucky economy through conventions, meetings and visitor expenditures. The direct economic impact of visitors’ spending in Campbell, Kenton and Boone Counties in 2007 was $325 million.