Vero Beach Information: Tickets, Venues, Events and More

The city of Vero Beach is located in the state of Florida, United States. Vero Beach lies in the Indian River County and is also the county seat of the same. According to the 2006 United States Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city stands at 16,939. It is also a part of the 'Sebastian-Vero Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area'.

The 'Indian River Lagoon' divides the city into two parts. The mainland on one side and the oceanfront barrier island on the other. As per the United States Census Bureau, the city covers a total area of 12.93 square miles, of which 85.69% is land. Vero Beach marks the eastern end of the demarcation line that separates the state of Florida into two different climatic zones.

Vero Beach is a popular tourist spot and is known for its spectacular beaches. The South beach is the main public beach of the city. Other public beaches are the 'Humiston Park' and the 'Jaycee Park'. Water-related activities such as boating, fishing and water-skiing are quite popular in the city. There are a number of public and private marinas and boat launch facilities available in the city. Golf is a popular sport in the city. The city boasts of some of the best exclusive private clubs in the state of Florida, such as Red Stick, John's Island, Indian River Club, Bent Pine Golf Club, Hawk's Nest, Vero Beach Country Club and Quail Valley.

The city has a number of tourist spots, which feature on the 'National Register of Historic Places'.

Vero Beach may be best known as the location of Dodgertown, where the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team held their spring training camp from 1948 until 2008. The stadium was also the home to the minor league Vero Beach Devil Rays; however, in August 2008 the franchise was sold to the Ripken Baseball Group and will not return to Vero Beach for the 2009 season.

Driftwood Inn - located in Vero's central beach business district, it is a historic hotel constructed in the early 20th Century by the late local eccentric and explorer Waldo Sexton. This facility was originally built entirely from pieces of driftwood and other antiques. Sexton also designed the "Hall of Giants" at McKee Jungle Gardens.
• Hallstrom House
• Indian River County Courthouse
• Judge Henry F. Gregory House
• Maher Building
• McKee Jungle Gardens - visit periodic exhibitions ranging from plant and flower shows to dinosaur displays
• Old Palmetto Hotel
• Pueblo Arcade
• Royal Park Arcade
• Theodore Hausmann Estate
• Old Vero Beach Community Building
• Vero Beach Diesel Power Plant
• Vero Beach Woman's Club
• Vero Railroad Station
• Vero Theatre

Vero Beach was the site of a major archaeological discovery by local resident Frank Ayers in 1915. Known as the 'Vero Man', the find created an international controversy for it provided the first evidence that human beings had inhabited the 'new world' prior to the end of the Wisconsin glaciation (c. 10,000 BCE). Over the next thirty years, the remains were shuffled back and forth between the Smithsonian Institution and the Florida State Museum of History in Tallahassee. Experts could never reach an agreement and the remains were eventually lost just prior to the invention of Carbon-14 dating in 1947. Interest in Vero Man gradually waned, though more recently there was some renewed interest in finding the remains.[8]