EXHIBIT 5.1

                     [LETTERHEAD OF GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP]


                                                               December 31, 2003

Market Central, Inc.
1650 A Gum Branch Road
Jacksonville, NC 28540

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         In connection with the preparation and filing by Market Central,  Inc.,
a  Delaware  corporation  (the  "Company"),  with the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission (the "Commission")  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities  Act"), of a Registration  Statement on Form S-8 (the  "Registration
Statement")  relating to the  issuance by the Company of  3,000,000  shares (the
"Shares") of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share, pursuant to
the  Company's  2003  Amended and  Restated  Stock Plan (the  "Plan"),  you have
requested our opinion with respect to the matters set forth below.

         In our capacity as your counsel in connection  with such  registration,
we are  familiar  with the  proceedings  taken and  proposed  to be taken by the
Company in connection with the  authorization,  issuance and sale of the Shares,
and for the purpose of this opinion,  we have assumed such  proceedings  will be
timely completed in the manner  presently  proposed.  In addition,  we have made
such legal and factual examinations and inquiries,  including any examination of
originals or copies  certified or otherwise  identified to our  satisfaction  of
such documents,  corporate records and instruments,  as we have deemed necessary
or appropriate for purposes of this opinion.

         In our examination,  we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures,
the  authenticity  of  all  documents  submitted  to us as  originals,  and  the
conformity to authentic original  documents of all documents  submitted to us as
copies.

         On the basis of the foregoing examination,  and in reliance thereon, we
are of the opinion that (subject to compliance with the pertinent  provisions of
the Securities Act and to compliance  with such securities or "blue sky" laws of
any jurisdiction as may be applicable) the Shares have been duly authorized and,
when issued and sold upon exercise of the options for such Shares and payment of
the exercise  price therefor as  contemplated  by the Plan and any Agreement (as
defined in the Plan) relating thereto, such Shares will be validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable.




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December 31, 2003
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         We  render  no  opinion  as  to  matters  involving  the  laws  of  any
jurisdiction other than the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. In
rendering  this opinion,  we assume no  obligation to revise or supplement  this
opinion should current laws, or the interpretation thereof, be changed.

         We hereby  consent to the  filing of this  opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration  Statement.  In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we
are within the category of persons whose consent is required  under Section 7 of
the Securities Act or Rules and Regulations of the Commission.



                                                     Sincerely,


                                                     /s/ Greenberg Traurig LLP
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