Welcome to Sports Central!

The Daytona Beach area is known world-wide for its amazing variety of sporting activities and sports organizations.

International headquarters for NASCAR, the Grand American Road Racing series and the Ladies Professional Golf Association, the area has a host of quality facilities and venues for every event. Whether it's: car, motorcycle and go-kart racing at Daytona International Speedway; boat racing on the Atlantic Ocean; cheerleading, dancing, and indoor football at the newly-expanded Ocean Center convention and entertainment complex; tennis at the Florida Tennis CenterDaytona Beach, headquarters for the Florida section of the United States Tennis Association; basketball at Stetson University; baseball at historic Jackie Robinson Ballpark; soccer at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, surfing at New Smyrna Beach; golfing at LPGA's Champions Course; or volleyball on the World's Most Famous Beach - it's all here, along with
SO much more!

Looking to plan a sporting event, as part of an organized sports group? We'll help book your next sporting event by connecting you with hotels and venues to perfectly match your needs. Our professionals at the CVB is ready and willing to help get you started, and to help you plan a highly successful event! Click here to contact us
or call (800) 544-0415 x 132.

Local Sports Trivia. Did you Know?

A. Now coaching the swim team at Daytona State College is the father of which recent Olympic champion who trained here in the area?

B. Which Orlando Magic basketball star and former resident played for Daytona Beach's Mainland High School? (HINT: A statue of this player now stands at the school's new $2.5 million Athletic Center.)

C. Which 1960s longboard surfing champion and longtime local runs Surf Camps for surf enthusiasts of all ages and athletic levels?

D. Which legendary driver, who won major races on Daytona International Speedway's famed tri-oval in 1959, 1962 and 1963 -- and has a Daytona grandstand named after him -- is buried near the Speedway in Daytona Memorial Park?

E. What team did African-American baseball legend Jackie Robinson play for, when he 'broke the color line' in 1946, during a spring training game in Daytona Beach?

F. Which popular NASCAR driver currently lives in the Daytona Beach area?

Answers: A. Ryan Lockte B. Vince Carter C. Mimi Munro D. Glenn 'Fireball' Roberts E. Montreal Royals (the top triple-A minor league farm team of the then Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team), F. Mark Martin