Thousands expected to visit North Platte

The Platte River Cruise is expected to bring thousands to North Platte.

Platte River Cruise Organizer Rob Cappa said they are planning on receiving more than 200 entries for the car show.

The show will take place in Downtown North Platte July 12-13.

A pinup girl contest will take place at the Platte River Mall on Saturday along with a Kid's Cruise featuring the towns hottest big wheels.

"As far as the car show we have around 55-60 pre-registered already. The pinup girl contest there's about 27 pre-registered already and it sounds like there's another 50 coming so we'll see," said Rob Cappa.

"As far as people, they're anticipating about 2,000-3,000 people maybe even more."