Yes they do I went with a friend yesterday who had a handicap placard . I noticed a lot of handicap marked vehicles so you may not get next door. When we got there yesterday they had filled up inside the fenced area and were parking handicap outside but near the fence which is still closer than regular parking.
Ron High
Attendance on Sunday was 8,691. Total ticketed attendance for the two days was 21,039. BTW on Sundays the bus parking area next to the Better Living Center serves as an overflow handicapped parking area provided no buses are scheduled (and the buses generally come on Saturday.)
My first time attending, what a great show! I spent most of my time in the Make-and-Take clinic area in the Mallory building, but ran the see people in the BLC every chance I got. Getting through the Young building on Saturday was a chore…aisles clogged with people.
Kent in KC
Dmoore-- I assume your attendance figures are the ticket sales and do not include the vendors. It seemed more crowded this year, but IIRC, attendance last year was more like 24k. My vote for vendor of the show: BEST Trains! Very friendly, helped me unload a wad of cash that was burning a hole in my pocket, and gave my son a free model kit, to boot!
CTValleyRR,
Brian and Jill Bollinger of B.E.S.T. are friends of mine and are great people. http://besttrains.com
They told me they had a great show, and did far more in castings than they had expected. Brian figured it was their new display booth with the rug and archways that drew people to look and buy.
Paul A. Cutler III
The battendance is for all ticketed people which includes the 15 and under crowd which is not charged as well as Amherst Railway Society members who receive a one-day pass to the show. Vendors are not included in the count. 2013 attendance was 20,157 while 2012 attendance was 22,232.