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A flea market (or swap meet) is a type of street market that provides space for vendors to sell previously owned (second-hand) goods. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This type of market is often seasonal. However, in recent years there has been the development of 'formal' and 'casual' markets [ 3 ] which divides a fixed-style market (formal) with long-term leases ...
An indoor swap meet in the United States, especially Southern California and Nevada, is a type of bazaar, a permanent, indoor shopping center open during normal retail hours, with fixed booths or storefronts for the vendors. [1] [2] [3] Indoor swap meets house vendors that sell a wide variety of goods and services, especially clothing and ...
The Santa Fe Springs Swap Meet is a flea market and music venue in Santa Fe Springs, California. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It predominantly caters to Mexican Americans and Chicano culture, [ 4 ] selling food and beverages, art, clothing, household goods, and more unusual products.
The runaway success of what became known as Fall Carlisle Collector Car Swap Meet & Car Corral led to a similar Spring event in 1977. In short order, they became complete sellouts for vendor and car sale (or "car corral") spaces. In 1981, after renting the fairgrounds for each event, the Millers purchased the 82-acre (330,000 m 2) property.
The Sandhills Global Event Center, known as the Lancaster Event Center until December 2023, is a public nonprofit fairgrounds-style event complex located in Lincoln, Nebraska owned and operated by the Lancaster County Agricultural Society. It was originally built to provide a permanent home for the Lancaster County Fair and other community events.
The Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop is an 80 acre indoor and outdoor flea market, featuring a 14-screen drive-in theater in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. From 1989–2006 the Hanneford Family Circus performed daily (except Tuesdays) in the Swap Shop food court, entertaining the roughly 12 million people who visit each year.
Topping is an unincorporated community in Middlesex County, Virginia, United States. Topping is located on Virginia State Route 3 6.75 miles (10.86 km) east of Saluda. Topping has a post office with ZIP code 23169. [2] [3] Topping is home to Hummel Field, an airfield created by Fred Hummel, a member of the Early Birds of Aviation, in 1925 ...
Car enthusiast communities along the historic U.S. Route 66 are credited with general popularization of car meets, including ethnic groups such as the Hispanos of New Mexico, [2] Chicanos, [3] and Mexican-Americans of the Southwestern United States; [4] lowrider, high technology, [5] electric vehicle, [6] and other enthusiast show, are popular ...