New owners plan to move historic riverboat to winery

CINCINNATI

The new owners of Cincinnati’s historic Showboat Majestic say they plan to continue using the double-decker riverboat as an entertainment venue.

WCPO-TV reported Adams County real-estate agent Joe Brumley and his wife bought the country’s last floating theater for about $110,000 recently after Cincinnati put it up for auction, citing high maintenance costs.

They plan to move the boat to Moyer Winery in Manchester, a town on the Ohio River roughly 55 miles southeast of Cincinnati.

The move will cost more than twice the auction price, but they’re hoping it will pay off as a new tourist attraction in the area.

The boat was built in 1923 in Pittsburgh and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.