Crowds can make navigating the aisles of the Tanque Verde Swap Meet difficult. It’s attracted bargain hunters for 40 years.
Tanque Verde Swap Meet: That is some crowd
Tucsonans have been packing the Tanque Verde Swap Meet for 40 years now, first on East Grant and Tanque Verde Roads, and now on 33 acres on South Palo Verde Road. The nighttime crowds become so dense that walking the aisles can be near impossible, says Star reporter Kathleen Allen, who visited on a recent Saturday.
And while it’s a fine place to pick up an orbital sander or some car stereo speakers — even get a haircut — “the best part is the social part,” Russell Paxson told Allen. That seems to be the prevailing sentiment. “It’s like a li’l mini-mall,” Vanessa Lisette Rodriguez told us on Facebook.
“It’s nothing high-class, but it sure is nice to take a walk around,” she said. “You see everyone you know.”
