With long lines of 40 minutes or more to get into the Charlotte Rod Show last year, I wonder if there is any way to buy tickets in advance or pre-register somehow. I'd like to be able to just get there and walk on it with a ticket already in hand. Any ideas on whether or not this is possible??

Sorry, no. I realize there was a long line at last year's show, but it thinned out about an hour after the show opened. What you may wish to do is get there a little after opening time instead of arriving beforehand and getting in the line that always forms before the show actually opens.

This year we'll be opening at 9AM. I really think that by 9:30 the line will have thinned out to the point where you can just walk in, get a ticket and come right in.

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I was caught in the line last year. If you want to be first in line you had better get there at 8:15. At least the place is large enough that even a long line can fit inside instead of out in the cold.

We're going to try and open a third ticket window this year in order to get things moving a bit faster.

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