The Progressive Cleveland Boat Show will return to Cleveland’s I-X Center January 14 – 17, 2027, marking the show’s 70th anniversary. Ohio’s largest indoor boating event traditionally attracts about 40,000 attendees and features hundreds of boats, marine businesses, educational programs and family attractions.
The announcement preserves a more than 40-year tradition at the venue and provides a bridge while plans move forward for a new enclosed stadium in Brook Park. Ohio Marine Trades Association (OMTA) President Michelle Burke led efforts to keep the show at the I-X Center after 2026 had been expected to be its final year there. Burke emphasized the event’s importance to dealers, manufacturers, vendors, restaurants, hotels, tourism businesses and thousands of regional jobs.
“For seven decades, this show has introduced families to boating, supported Ohio marine businesses and helped drive our industry forward,” Burke says. “Returning to the I-X Center is more than a homecoming. It is proof that when an industry speaks with one voice, stands together and refuses to give up, remarkable things can happen.”
Learn more at clevelandboatshow.com.
