Daytona International Speedway will host its Annual Drive-Through Holiday Lights Spectacular
Opening Nov. 22 for the Holiday Season!
Affordable for All Holiday Pricing –“One Carload, One Price”
Tickets now on sale at www.Magicoflights.com
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Oct. 17, 2024) – This holiday season promises to be brighter, merrier, and more colorful with the return of Magic of Lights. Daytona International Speedway will be transformed into a vibrant drive-through light display creating unforgettable memories for all. The festive event opens Friday, Nov. 22, and runs through Saturday, Jan. 4.
Produced by Family Entertainment Live, “Magic of Lights” is making its return to the World Center of Racing for the 8th consecutive year. This enchanting event will showcase dozens of displays, festive favorites, and captivating digital animations, all brought to life with millions of LED lights, ensuring a memorable holiday experience for the entire family.
“We’re excited for Magic of Lights to return to Daytona International Speedway as it’s become a part of the local annual holiday tradition ,” said Ken Hudgens, CEO of Family Entertainment Live, “Our innovative creative team has designed a drive-through holiday wonderland light experience that promises to dazzle and delight guests of all ages.”
“Magic of Lights at has become a staple for our community during the holiday season, bringing families and friends together for such a unique experience,” said Daytona International Speedway President Frank Kelleher. “We take pride in the fact that The World Center of Racing is a place where people gather to make memories, and being able to literally light up someone’s night and bring smiles to their faces is what this time of year is all about.”
Guests can experience Magic of Lights’ beloved holiday displays from the comfort of their own vehicle, including Prehistoric Christmas, Winter Wonderland, the 12 Days of Christmas, Toyland, festive Elves, and Reindeer Road. Along with the 200-foot Enchanting Tunnel of Lights, there will be new and captivating light tunnels to enhance the festive journey.
For the 2024 season, the brand-new MagicVision Selfie Filters will be unveiled featuring fun filters that will transform your selfies into festive holiday-themed images, perfect for sharing with friends and family.
Other dazzling displays include the 32-foot-tall animated Mattel’s Waving Christmas Barbie®, a Prehistoric Christmas scene with life-sized dinosaurs celebrating the season, and the iconic BIGFOOT® Monster Truck. With over two million sparkling lights, Magic of Lights offers a nostalgic and festive experience that everyone will love.
QUICK FACTS – MAGIC OF LIGHTS
- 2+ million lights per Magic of Lights event
- 12.6 miles of light cord per Magic of Lights event
- 3,750 staff hours to set up each Magic of Lights event
- The steel displays are designed, bent, cut and welded into about 800 frames that are combined in different configurations to create each show’s giant winter holiday scenes. Each frame of each scene is designed using the latest CAD technology and hand built in-house from 15 pages of design specifications each.
- Each Magic of Lights show uses about 10 miles of steel to build the displays and 10 miles of LED lighting installed inside the displays, there are 10 different colors of LED bulbs used in the shows.
- Scenes, such as the animated Mattel’s Waving Christmas Barbie, are as high as 32 ft. tall and as long as several hundred feet.
Magic of Lights dazzles nightly from 6 – 10 p.m. starting from Friday, Nov. 22 through Saturday, Jan. 4. During the weekend of Nov. 28 – Dec. 1, Magic of lights hours will be from 7 – 10 p.m. Tickets for this vibrant seasonal event will be available with pricing set per vehicle.
For a complete schedule and to purchase tickets, visit www.MagicOfLights.com/Daytona.
About Daytona International Speedway
Daytona International Speedway is a state-of-the-art motorsports facility and was awarded the SportsBusiness Journal’s prestigious Sports Business Award for Sports Facility of the Year in 2016. Daytona International Speedway is the home of The Great American Race – the DAYTONA 500. Though the season-opening NASCAR Cup Series event garners most of the attention – as well as the largest audience in motorsports – the approximately 500-acre motorsports complex, also known as the World Center of Racing, boasts the most diverse schedule of racing on the globe. Some of the exciting racing events include January’s Rolex 24 At DAYTONA and Roar Before The Rolex 24, February’s DAYTONA 500 and Speedweeks Presented by AdventHealth, March’s Bike Week At DAYTONA featuring DAYTONA Supercross and the DAYTONA 200, the August Coke Zero Sugar 400 weekend, and much more. The Speedway grounds are also used extensively for other events that include concerts such as Welcome to Rockville, sporting events including CLASH DAYTONA, civic and social gatherings, car shows, photo shoots, production vehicle testing and police motorcycle training.
About Family Entertainment Live
Family Entertainment Holdings, LLC is a diversified, entertainment holding company that develops family-oriented live events including Magic of Lights ®, an outdoor holiday lights drive-through experience produced at venues throughout North America and Hot Wheels® Monster Trucks Live, showcasing a toys-to-life show of Mattel’s legendary Hot Wheels Monster Trucks show presented across North America, Europe and elsewhere internationally. The Company is headquartered in New York, NY. For more information visit familyentertainmentlive.com
