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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.
It was the first indoor swap meet in Southern California. [1] The vendors purchased a former Sears store in Compton, California for $2.8 million, spending another $1.4 million to convert it to a swap meet with 350 stalls. [4] It was near the large Roadium and Paramount swap meets, and targeted a Black and Hispanic demographic. [5]
Within the Pomona Swap Meet's sea of shiny Corvettes and 1950s Cadillacs, a storage truck seems out of place. In thick block letters, it reads Thump Records and is open for vending. As racks of ...
After visiting swap meets in Los Angeles and Paris’ Thieves Market for inspiration, George Bumb Sr. established the San Jose Flea Market at 1590 Berryessa Road in San Jose, California. He bought 120 acres (49 ha) of an old meat-processing plant and remodeled it to create a market with an initial 20 vendors and only 100 customers per day.
Many are approaching retirement, with the swap meet in decline as customers migrate to the internet. The long hours at their stalls paid for their children's college educations. By design, the ...
Plaza México is a multi-purpose retail and cultural center in Lynwood, California. It includes multiple shops, including individual stores and an indoor swap meet; many dining options; and entertainment selections, Plaza México is a cultural space for the Mexican-American community. Plaza México incorporates the design and style of plazas ...
This 1950 Bentley, with only 70,000 miles on the odometer, was on display (and on sale for $55,000) Nov. 5, 2023, during the Clay County Car Show and Swap Meet in Lineville.