Swap Meet

2024 MSRA SWAP MEET UPDATE

Welcome to the MSRA’s 50th Annual Back To The 50’s Swap Meet. Whether you have parts to sell, are looking for that hard to find part for your project car or, yes, even “Yard Art or Man Cave art”, you will want to mark your calendar for the Swap Meet!

Sunday Morning Only, June 23, 2024
For those shoppers – the swap meet is open from 6:00am until 1:00pm!

Below is important information about the swap and rules:

  • The swap meet is Sunday ONLY, June 23rd
    5:00am – Vendor gates open for preregistered swappers
    6:00am – For non-preregistered swappers
    6:00am – Open for shoppers
    8:00am – Swap space registration gates close
  • $85.00 CASH day of the event
  • There are no provisions for unhooking tow vehicles.  Spaces purchased must include the length of the tow vehicle.  If you are over 20 ft long, you need a 2nd space.  If you are over 40 ft long, you need a 3rd space.  YOUR LENGTH WILL BE CHECKED AT ENTRY!!!
  • The swap meet is designed for used Automotive related parts & Collectibles
  • There is a Car Corral for selling of vehicles only.
  • A swap space is 10’ x 20’.

SWAP MEET INFORMATION
✅ Preregistration for the 2024 SWAP MEET is now open through Tuesday, April 30, 2024. CLICK HERE FOR THE 2024 MSRA SWAP MEET PREREGISTRATION FORM and ST-19 FORM
NOTE: the Official Swap Meet Registration AND the ST-19 MUST BE FILLED OUT COMPLETELY and mailed together with the check/money order to: MSRA Swap Meet, 8840 Aviary Path, Inver Grove Heights MN 55077.  No Exceptions.  Incomplete forms will be returned and there will be a delay in process your registration.

The Swap Meet preregistration checks will not be deposited until the preregistration Confirmation Letters are mailed, which we anticipate to be in May.  The preregistration deadline is Tuesday, April 30, 2024.  As additional information becomes available, we will continue to provide updates by way of this webpage.

✅ ATTENTION NEW SWAPPERS:  click on the link below to view, download, or print off The Cover Letter and 10 Things You Need to Know and the Swap Meet Map.
✅ SWAP MEET COVER LETTER and 10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW  This is a MUST read!
✅ SWAP MEET MAP

Top Things you need to know before the Swap Meet:

  1. The deadline to return the two forms and payment this year is Tuesday, April 30, 2024!
  2. Although we are personally pet friendly, the fairgrounds is not pet friendly. Please leave your furry friends at home.
  3. Your Swap registration fee guarantees entrance to the event for 2 and kids 15 and under are free. If you come with additional people, admission is $15 (cash only) for those above age 15.
  4. ST-19’s (on the back of the pre-registration form) MUST be completed in totality. This is not a MSRA rule, but a State of Minnesota rule. We are fined heavily if these forms are not in order and have to turn them in to the State after the event. We’d like to avoid increasing your swap fees next year, so please make sure to fill out the YELLOW highlighted sections only. We will return forms if they are not completed in full.  We will not send a confirmation letter without a completed ST-19.
  5. There are no provisions for unhooking tow vehicles. Spaces purchased must include the length of the tow vehicle. If you are over 20’ft long you need a 2nd space. If you are over 40’ft long you need a 3rd space. This means if you want to have a trailer that you register for the correct amount of swap spots.  We do verify length at the event, and if you need additional space, you will be charged the same day fee of $85 per extra space, Cash Only.

Top Things you need to know at the Swap Meet:

  1. We try our best to get you to swap out of the right or left side depending on space.
  2. Should you need to purchase additional spaces or register at the event, the price is $85 Cash Only.
  3. Please have your confirmation letter (assuming you pre-registered) on your dashboard for the swap volunteers.
  4. If you sell something at the event and collect payment, please make sure you deliver that item to the customer! Last year we had a swapper collect payment and leave without delivering the product. In an extreme emergency, you may leave paid for product with the Swap tent volunteers for your customer.
  5. For Pre-Registered swappers, we will start having you set up at 5am. Non-Registered will not have access until after 6am. No more swappers after 8:00am.
  6. The Swap Meet will be held rain or shine.

We appreciate your participation in this event! We wish you Swap-Success!

Questions?  Contact Mark Kratzke, MSRA BTT50’s Swap Meet Coordinator
Email: markratzke50sswap@gmail.com
Phone: 507-226-7518 anytime after 5pm

1st swap meet - 1970 - Gene Sonnen

MSRA’s 1st SWAP MEET, held in June 1969, at the rear of Midway Shopping Center in St Paul. Be sure to put this year’s swap meet at BTT50s on your calendar!
Thank you to Gene Sonnen for the photo!

IMPORTANT REMINDER to all Vendors!
NO PETS ARE ALLOWED on the fairgrounds or in the North or South Campgrounds at this event with the exception of Service Animals as defined by The American Disability Act (ADA).
As of August 1, 2018 it is AGAINST THE LAW IN MINNESOTA to misrepresent an animal as a service animal and is punishable by fines and jail time. Emotional support, therapy, comfort, or companion animals are NOT a Service Animal and their owners may be liable under this law.
CLICK HERE FOR MN STATUTE 609.833