Google Maps API

Question

Working on one of my projects and I came up with I feel is a great idea. It's a VW car site and I wanted to use google maps to layout all the shows on the map for the year. So with that being said that's a lot of points to plot out on the map so I wanted to do it though my personal maps that I create. I'm having an issue with i think is my API key. Unless I'm miss understanding it's use.

<script type="text/javascript" src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=MY API KEY &sensor=false"></script>

        <script type="text/javascript">
            // When the window has finished loading create our google map below
            google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', init);

            function init() {
                // Basic options for a simple Google Map
                // For more options see: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/reference#MapOptions
                var mapOptions = {
                    // How zoomed in you want the map to start at (always required)
                    zoom: 3,

                    // The latitude and longitude to center the map (always required)
                    center: new google.maps.LatLng(36.985003, 4.394531), // New York

                    // How you would like to style the map. 
                    // This is where you would paste any style found on Snazzy Maps.
                    styles: [{"featureType":"administrative.locality","elementType":"all","stylers":[{"hue":"#2c2e33"},{"saturation":7},{"lightness":19},{"visibility":"on"}]},{"featureType":"landscape","elementType":"all","stylers":[{"hue":"#ffffff"},{"saturation":-100},{"lightness":100},{"visibility":"simplified"}]},{"featureType":"poi","elementType":"all","stylers":[{"hue":"#ffffff"},{"saturation":-100},{"lightness":100},{"visibility":"off"}]},{"featureType":"road","elementType":"geometry","stylers":[{"hue":"#bbc0c4"},{"saturation":-93},{"lightness":31},{"visibility":"simplified"}]},{"featureType":"road","elementType":"labels","stylers":[{"hue":"#bbc0c4"},{"saturation":-93},{"lightness":31},{"visibility":"on"}]},{"featureType":"road.arterial","elementType":"labels","stylers":[{"hue":"#bbc0c4"},{"saturation":-93},{"lightness":-2},{"visibility":"simplified"}]},{"featureType":"road.local","elementType":"geometry","stylers":[{"hue":"#e9ebed"},{"saturation":-90},{"lightness":-8},{"visibility":"simplified"}]},{"featureType":"transit","elementType":"all","stylers":[{"hue":"#e9ebed"},{"saturation":10},{"lightness":69},{"visibility":"on"}]},{"featureType":"water","elementType":"all","stylers":[{"hue":"#e9ebed"},{"saturation":-78},{"lightness":67},{"visibility":"simplified"}]}]
                };

                // Get the HTML DOM element that will contain your map 
                // We are using a div with id="map" seen below in the <body>
                var mapElement = document.getElementById('map');

                // Create the Google Map using our element and options defined above
                var map = new google.maps.Map(mapElement, mapOptions);

                // Let's also add a marker while we're at it
                var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
                    position: new google.maps.LatLng(40.6700, -73.9400),
                    map: map,
                    title: 'Snazzy!'
                });
            }
        </script>

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