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Tue. and Wed. Feb. 3 & 4, 2009
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| Where? |
South Padre Island Convention Centre, South Padre Island, Texas |
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Snowbird Extravaganza's hottest western ticket returned to the South Padre Island Convention Center for two days on February 3 and 4, 2009.
Joining us this year, among our other Snowbird Extravaganza favourites, is former Hee-Haw star and Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame Inductee Gordie Tapp!
Built on South Padre Island to serve the entire lower Rio Grande Valley, the Convention Centre is a modern facility providing Winter Texan Extravaganza with 30,000 square feet that easily accommodated the Winter Texan visitors, exhibitors, seminars and non-stop entertainment.
Did You Know? |
- Over 280,000 Canadian and American winter residents migrate south to Texas for the winter each year (McAllen 100,000, Brownsville 120,000 and Harlingen 60,000)
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- Winter residents inject $288 million of consumer spending into the Rio Grande Valley economy each winter
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- Winter residents reside in Texas for an average of 4 months
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- Winter Texans are predominantly from the Canadian and U.S. midwest (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin)
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- 65% of recreational vehicle/mobile home spaces are in McAllen
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