we could always park and drive on that stretch of the beach in the early to mid 90s. banning driving on the beach was a stupid thing to do. getting rid of spring break was stupid. getting rid of the pit stop,winners circle, the tram, the space pin. all stupid. daytona can rot in hell. so glad i moved out of that crap hole. the ocean center was built well before 2000 btw. it was there in '92.