‘Holiday Lights at the Beach’ pulls off document 12 months in Virginia Beach

In a calendar year when social distancing became a pretty big deal, individuals turned out in record numbers to get pleasure from vacation lights on the Boardwalk from the security of their motor vehicles.

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Bayport Credit score Union Holiday break Lights display at the Virginia Seashore boardwalk on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. The mild display screen carries on nightly via January 3, 2021.

Somewhere around 42,000 automobiles traveled via the 2020 Bayport Credit history Union Holiday getaway Lights at The Seaside display — the most considering that it began 25 decades in the past — and practically double the numbers from 2019.

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The 20-block drive-through display screen opened just before Thanksgiving and finished Jan. 3. Motorists of passenger vehicles compensated $17 to enter. This was the 1st 12 months tickets have been sold on line to restrict person-to-particular person get hold of.

A few years ago, the city upgraded the shows with new wiring and plugs which experienced deteriorated from the salty, moist air. This year showcased a new 40-foot “dancing light” Xmas tree.

IMGoing places on the present each and every 12 months for the city. They’re nonetheless dismantling the 2020 occasion and finalizing the fees, explained Eve Cohen, standard supervisor.

Brian Solis, who will work in the town manager’s place of work, advised customers of the Resort Advisory Commission recently that the 2020 gentle exhibit produced three instances as a great deal revenue as in comparison with 2019.

Stacy Parker, 757-222-5125, [email protected]