Casey Key Resort
Casey Key Resort
Casey Key Resort
South Bay Yacht and Racquet Club
Southbay Yacht and Racquet Club
The following photos are from a current exhibitionat the Venice Historical Museum
Riverboat Tour
Information About The River Boat Tour
Attractions Sea Lions and Can Can Dancers
Can Can Dancers
Photos Indian Village and Ghost Town
Picture Ghost Town
Same as above
Porpoise Show
Porpoise Show
Same as above
Goat Mountain and Gardens
Billy Goat Mountain
Florida land Gardens
List of Attractions
Holiday Inn adjacent to Floridaland
In April,1974 Floridaland West announced the building of an extensive tourist attraction on a 50 acre site between US41 on the east,Sarasota Bay on the west. It was to be located south of Blackburn Point Road. There was to be an initial investment of $1,000,000
Floridaland opened on Christmas, 1964 to a crowd of 5,000.
There were multiple attractions including a tour train, stern wheeler river boat ride, covered wagon rides.
Popular shows include the porpoise and the sea island.
There was a deer park, exotic garden and Goat Mountain. There was western ghost town with the Golden Nugget Saloon
By 1968, attendance was dropping. The new Floridaland opened in 1968 with new rides,longer shows and a new orchid garden. These steps were a failure and Floridaland closed in the 1970’s
A Holiday Inn opened adjacent to the park in 1967.. This changed into the Bentley Inn. Now this site is occupied by Casey Key Beach Front Resort.
The former site of Floridaland is noe occupied by South Bay Yacht and Yacht Club.
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