Park Expo Center — Local services in Charlotte

way to pricey for what the show was...i went to pay at the door for collect a con...4 tickets 200 dollars plus 10 dollars to park...walked through the entire show in about 30 minutes...very disapointed...hardly any food vendors i think there were 2 vendors and they sold donuts and pretzels and popcorn...the one grill place ( owned by the building) was crazy expensive . ..a soda out of the machine was 3.50 .. never again...the building is about the size of a smaller walmart..actually feel a little taken advantage of because my daughter is into anime...no way were the 500 vendors there .i woukd say 30 at the most...total rip off...was so boring my daughter only wanted to sray for about an hour and a half and she was super excited to go...i think she was even disappointed in it ..hey Collect a con !!...Do a better job next time.. i would feel ashamed to charge that kind of money for that poor quality of a show ..shame on you..the biggest excitement for my daughter was to see other visitirs dressed as anime characters...its a shame that was the highlight of her time there... As i said...Never Again for this dad...collect a con...was a con..no doubt about it..at least they were honest about the...

We went for the Dino Stroll event, that was pretty cool. The food on the other hand, extremely pricey for what you get. We ordered chicken STRIPS which was priced at $8, what we received were 5 Dino chicken NUGGETS . I can go buy 2 big bags of Dino nuggets for $8. They were very hard too so I assume they weren’t fresh. We also ordered pizza priced at $5, not too horrible. When I ordered it I figured it would be a pizza slice from little Caesar’s or something like that, nope it was a frozen personal deep dish pizza. Waited on the pizza for over 15 minutes and when I finally got it, it was undercooked, the cheese wasn’t even melted all the way. Very disappointed in the food options and prices. I will definitely make sure to eat right before I get...

We always love visiting the Southern Christmas Show, it is a wonderful way to kick off the holidays. While I'm very tolerant of big crowds, they need some kind of guidance that limits the number and type of carts people bring. Too often you get stuck behind someone schlepping two pull behind carts, one on each side, in aisles that are already crammed with people.

Still, this is by far worth the trip and time. Highly recommend going especially if you have never been. Don't miss the halls in the back as there are a number of smaller vendors with really neat stuff. And kudos to the Park Expo owners for allowing/selling adult beverages - that's...