The Park kicked the gun show out. Second time they have done that. Dixie has tried finding another venue, but finding one that will allow the show and has adequate parking has been the rub.
As a native, this is sad to hear. I have attended the Dixie Gun & Knife show in Charlotte for a lot of years. IMO it was the best offering in the area, certainly the largest. I liked the switch from Metrolina to The Park as it put everything into a single space as the parking lot was not muddy 😄. Maybe one of the adjacent counties will connect with DG&K. The closest I remember in our post COVID world has been Hickory or Fayetteville.
The last show I've been to in Charlotte was at the Merchandise Mart
I was curious if Metrolina got a name change.
That’s The Park. Right next to Bojangles Coliseum and Ovens Auditorium. It hasn’t been called the Merchandise Mart in quite awhile, but it’s the same place.The last show I've been to in Charlotte was at the Merchandise Mart, some three or four years ago, maybe?
As a native, this is sad to hear. I have attended the Dixie Gun & Knife show in Charlotte for a lot of years. IMO it was the best offering in the area, certainly the largest. I liked the switch from Metrolina to The Park as it put everything into a single space as the parking lot was not muddy 😄. Maybe one of the adjacent counties will connect with DG&K. The closest I remember in our post COVID world has been Hickory or Fayetteville.
Camp North End is an old Ford factory turned missile factory turned warehouse turned hipster event venue. It’s where the VanGogh experience was. Pretty cool facility. I would fall outta my chair they’d allow “those people” and their “guns” to have an event.Anybody ever been to anything here?
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I saw where they had a bike show I might have gone to, with the possibility of leaving immediately. Not sure of the vibe of this place.
The Congregation Show
www.thecongregationshow.com
Camp North End is an old Ford factory turned missile factory turned warehouse turned hipster event venue. It’s where the VanGogh experience was. Pretty cool facility. I would fall outta my chair they’d allow “those people” and their “guns” to have an event.
There are a few words in the Engrish language that I don’t know how to read when lumped together. Unfortunately those ones are some of them. So couldn’t tell ya!Do they prohibit concealed carry there?
Anybody ever been to anything here?
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I saw where they had a bike show I might have gone to, with the possibility of leaving immediately. Not sure of the vibe of this place.
The Congregation Show
www.thecongregationshow.com
The Monroe Ag Center would be a good alternative place for Charlotte. Probably attract a good family.
That’s unfortunate.Gem Capitol holds a show there. Not sure how much they advertise, but the couple times we did it, the crowd was underwhelming.
There was one there just this month, Dec 10-11. When I was there on Sunday, it was lightly attended but one vendor said that the Saturday attendance was quite strong.That’s unfortunate.
There was one there just this month, Dec 10-11. When I was there on Sunday, it was lightly attended but one vendor said that the Saturday attendance was quite strong.
I missed this. Would have attended had I known…where does Gem Capitol advertise schedule? Any good sources for Charlotte area shows?Gem Capitol holds a show there. Not sure how much they advertise, but the couple times we did it, the crowd was underwhelming.
Every 6 shooters show I've been to has been awful, unfortunately. I miss the days of the Dixie gun show.
I think Sixshooters Gun shows has one in the Charlotte area as well.
There is also the Concord gun show out on by C&E several times a year. It is hit or miss on being worth attending.
Man I just went to the Salisbury one last weekend when trading with a guy from here and you’re right.. just kind of a pitifully weird experienceEvery 6 shooters show I've been to has been awful, unfortunately. I miss the days of the Dixie gun show.
Back in the 1900s.......in the 80s to be exact....Mike and I used to save our money all year to have a table at the "Big Show' at the Merchandise Mart. There were 1,300+ tables with paid attendance of over 10,000 people. It was a steady line moving one person at a time by tables. On several occasions we bought guns there and stopped in Monroe on the way home and shot guns beside the road. Try that today....didn't raise an eyebrow 40 years ago.The last show I've been to in Charlotte was at the Merchandise Mart
Back in the 1900s.......in the 80s to be exact....Mike and I used to save our money all year to have a table at the "Big Show' at the Merchandise Mart. There were 1,300+ tables with paid attendance of over 10,000 people. It was a steady line moving one person at a time by tables. On several occasions we bought guns there and stopped in Monroe on the way home and shot guns beside the road. Try that today....didn't raise an eyebrow 40 years ago.
We stopped going to all N.C. gun shows when they were locking people up around the picnic tables buying and selling at the fairgrounds.
OK!!!!! Get off your High Horse.....I gave it all back to them.....Oddly enough, he looked like he could have been any of us, here.
Nope.There’s got to be a market for resurrecting—scratch that; reinventing the gun show. To get 10,000 customers paying $6 or $7 each, that’s a cash cow waiting to be milked! Plus vendor table fees.
I know there are costs of doing business like staff and security and facility fees. But still.
It would be great to have a central location to hold one or two kick ass shows a year. I’m talking a gleans of an NRA/SHOT Show and an old school gun show. New products to fondle and everything else to buy. Even if I don’t buy a single thing, it would be worth the price of admission to just kill half a day browsing.
Have strict rules of no BS like beef jerky and Chinese tasers. Legit military surplus and items directly related to firearms.
If I had the grounds for parking and covered sales space I’d be your Huckleberry.
While this isn't even apples and oranges, in S.C. the gun show experience still exists. Face to Face sales with a DL only and prices are all over the place. Gun Broker prices do not apply here to knowledgeable buyers. They realize that when sales tax, shipping and FFL fees are included it gets pricey. @Etruett has the best Gun Show savvy of anybody I have ever known. Firearms here can be bought for 75% of GB prices. Glocks still sell for $350-$450 for the common models. I see S&W 2 1/2 inch 66s go from $400 to $1,200. You just gotta be patient.Also, with the internet the pricing has become boringly consistent and if anything you pay a premium at shows.
They can never again be what they were.
"The Hill" at the Hillsville, Va. Labor Day Gun Show and Flea Market.They can never again be what they were.
That was the Metrolina Merchandise Mart. Kinda sorta WT Harris area."The Hill" at the Hillsville, Va. Labor Day Gun Show and Flea Market.
Traders literally covered that hill. A lotta shotgun-n-22 tradin'. S&W. Nice varmint rifles. What-have-ya.
Which one of those Charlotte shows was the one that took up 3 or 4 large buildings and took half a day for the 1st round?
I wanna say it was off Harris Blvd.
All this makes a fella wax nostalgic. 🤠
That was the Metrolina Merchandise Mart. Kinda sorta WT Harris area.
Yeah you’re right.Metrolina Expo was on Sunset Road. Merchandise Mart is next to Bojangles Arena.
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