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Dealers hope free admission will jolt car show attendance

Source: Fresno Bee, Nov 14 2012, 2:34pm CST

In its seventh year in Fresno, the Central California Auto Show is offering something new to visitors when it opens this week at the Convention Center: free admission. In each of the show's first six years, organizers charged $7 per person for visitor ...

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NC bill would ban Tesla

Source: FindLaw: Attorney Blog | May 17 2013, 1:10am CDT

A new bill under consideration in the North Carolina legislature would make it illegal for Tesla, a manufacturer of electric cars, to use a direct-sales method to sell vehicles in the state. The bill would disallow Tesla's usual practice of establis ...

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"We wanted an event that would make a grand opening for the show and benefit a charity in the community ... We think it will get people to the show who wouldn't normally come down there."

Source: Fresno Bee

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360° Coverage : Dealers hope free admission will jolt car show attendance

Dealers hope free admission will jolt car show attendance