Lazydays^® RV Celebrates 30 Years Of Milestones In Tampa Bay

August 29, 2006 SEFFNER, FL – Lazydays^® RV celebrates its 30th anniversary this month kicking off the festivities on Tuesday, August 8 at 7 a.m. in Seffner with a breakfast event. Lazydays’ Founder and Chairman of the Board, Don Wallace, spoke before more than 600 employees about the past, present and future of Lazydays.
“This milestone will allow our employees to collectively celebrate the past, while looking ahead to the future. We are proud of the contributions Lazydays^® has been able to make to the Tampa Bay area and we look forward to our continued growth,” said Wallace.
The original Lazydays^® dealership opened its doors in 1976 and consisted of a mobile home nestled on a 1.75 acre site, two travel trailers in inventory and $500 in capital. Twenty years later Lazydays^® moved to its current SuperCenter^® location and quickly became the nations most popular RV destination.
For 2006, Lazydays^® is honored to receive the #1 RV Dealer award by Monaco Coach Corporation, Top Winnebago Brand Dealer and Top Itasca Brand Dealer awards by Winnebago Industries, #1 Single-Site Dealer award by Tiffin Motorhomes, #1 Overall Dealer award by Fleetwood RV and the #1 Overall Carriage Dealer award by Carriage, Inc.
“The last 30 years make up the fruition of a reality that began as a simple dream - to sell two trailers a month. When my brother, father and I started this business we were lucky in picking the right market area. We had no idea that Tampa was such a great place to start an RV dealership. We didn't realize that so many people came down here in the winter and that the local market had never been touched. We just knew that if we worked hard, we'd be successful,” says Wallace of Lazydays^® beginnings.

About Don Wallace and Lazydays: Founded in 1976 by Don Wallace, Lazydays^® is the largest single-site RV dealership in the world. Its revenues exceeded $800 million in 2005. Located on 126 acres outside Tampa, Florida, Lazydays^® has an 86,600 sq. ft. main building, 273 service bays, 300 RV campsites and more than 1,200 RVs on display. The property also has a 40,000 sq. ft. Camping World store, a Cracker Barrel restaurant and a Flying J RV Travel Plaza. Lazydays^® is a national RV destination which hosts more than one million visitors and serves more than 300,000 meals annually.

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