{"id":2909,"date":"2024-05-23T13:00:37","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T13:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/?p=2909"},"modified":"2024-05-30T13:00:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T13:00:57","slug":"new-campground-opens-next-to-southeastern-livestock-pavilion-in-ocala-fl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/new-campground-opens-next-to-southeastern-livestock-pavilion-in-ocala-fl\/","title":{"rendered":"New Campground Opens Next to Southeastern Livestock Pavilion in Ocala, FL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<figure style=\"width: 554px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ocala-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/New-RV-campground-next-to-Southeastern-Livestock-Pavilion-1024x660.jpeg\" alt=\"The new recreational vehicle campground next to the Southeastern Livestock Pavilion will open in the coming weeks. (Photo: April 2024)\" width=\"554\" height=\"357\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new recreational vehicle campground next to the Southeastern Livestock Pavilion is now open. (Photo: Marion County Public Relations)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">A new campground next to the Southeastern Livestock Pavilion has officially opened.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The brand-new RV campground, which offers a total of 66 spots, will allow more event holders, participants, and attendees to stay on-site during multi-day events at the pavilion.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Each site is fully outfitted with water, sewer, power, and broadband.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">According to Marion County Public Relations, funding for the campground was a joint venture between the county and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, with the latter providing grant funding that covered more than 30% of the construction costs.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The county expects the campground to generate over $1 million in revenue by its fifth year in operation.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Pavilion Manager Christen Milligan stated that the new RV campground is \u201ccertainly a long time coming.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Milligan added that the campground\u2019s additional space will lead to more event participants and larger sponsorship opportunities.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">In addition, the campground\u2019s increased size is expected to attract more visitors to the pavilion, thus increasing the facility\u2019s economic impact on Marion County.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The Southeastern Livestock Pavilion is located at 2232 NE Jacksonville Road in Ocala. For more information, contact the pavilion via phone (352-671-8600) or email (<a href=\"mailto:selp@marionfl.org\">selp@marionfl.org<\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocala-news.com\/2024\/05\/23\/new-campground-opens-next-to-southeastern-livestock-pavilion\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Source<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new campground next to the Southeastern Livestock Pavilion has officially opened. The brand-new RV campground, which offers a total of 66 spots, will allow more event holders, participants, and attendees to stay on-site during multi-day events at the pavilion. Each site is fully outfitted with water, sewer, power, and broadband. According to Marion County Public Relations, funding for the campground was a joint venture between the county and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, with the latter providing grant funding that covered more than 30% of the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2910,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23],"tags":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2909"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2909"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2911,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2909\/revisions\/2911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}