The Palm Beach Card Show brings a three-day collecting weekend to West Palm Beach, Florida, with sports cards, Pokémon, other TCGs, and a signing lineup spread across all three days. For anyone choosing between a quick visit and a full weekend, the guest schedule gives each day a distinct reason to attend.
World Champion Sports Cards brings the event to the Palm Beach County Convention Center. The downtown setting also makes arrival planning worthwhile: parking has a separate cost, public entry changes by day, and an autograph purchase does not replace a show admission ticket.
A Full Day of Cards & Collectibles
The organizer advertises 850+ tables, giving this weekend a different scale from a short local trading meetup. The advertised mix includes singles, graded cards, sealed product, and memorabilia. Pokémon and One Piece feature alongside sports cards, with Yu-Gi-Oh!, Magic: The Gathering, Lorcana, and Dragon Ball also named in the organizer’s game lineup.
That range is useful when your group collects different things. A visit can combine player collecting with a search for gaming cards, without requiring everyone to share the same collecting interest. The organizer welcomes trade binders, although individual vendors decide which trades or purchases they accept.
Choose your arrival time around the kind of visit you want. Friday offers an afternoon opening and an evening signing. Saturday has the longest public browsing window, while Sunday starts earlier and finishes earlier. VIP entry adds two hours before general admission on Friday and one hour on each remaining day. Those advance-entry periods are separate from vendor setup, so an early setup time is not an attendee opening time.
More Than Just a Card Show
The autograph schedule is the clearest reason to plan a particular day. Dennis Rodman is scheduled for Friday at 6 PM. Because the show closes at 7 PM, anyone combining browsing with that appearance should leave time earlier in the afternoon for the floor and follow the signing partner’s instructions for joining the line.
Saturday begins its guest schedule with Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas, and Andre Reed from noon to 1 PM. Mark Clayton and Mark Duper follow from 2 to 3 PM, and Pierre Turgeon is scheduled from 3:30 to 4 PM. These windows make it possible to organize browsing around a specific appearance rather than arriving without a plan.
Sunday has Jeremy Shockey from 11 AM to noon, followed by Darryl Strawberry, Doc Gooden, and Lenny Dykstra from noon to 1 PM. The overlapping guest windows matter if you want more than one signature: check the individual ticket instructions before assuming that every appearance will fit into your visit.
Autograph tickets are sold separately through Palm Beach Autographs, and show admission is still required. Item categories, inscriptions, and photo opportunities can have different charges. Decide what you want signed before buying, then review the relevant guest’s options rather than treating every signature as the same purchase.
A Show for All Levels of Collectors
For a first visit, the main decision is whether you need one day or the full weekend. Daily admission suits a visit centered on one guest or one browsing session. A weekend pass covers all three days, while the VIP weekend option adds the published early-entry periods. Children 11 and under enter free with a paying adult, which helps families plan the admission portion of their outing.
Keep admission and signing confirmations easy to find separately. If your plans involve several guests, group the confirmations by day before arriving. A Sunday ticket plan deserves particular attention because the signing schedule begins soon after public opening and the show ends earlier than on Friday or Saturday.
Drivers should approach the convention center garage using the venue’s directions via S. Rosemary Avenue. The venue lists standard parking at $2 per hour, up to $30 within 24 hours, with possible event-specific adjustments. Payment is cashless, and the venue recommends paying at the garage lobby kiosks before returning to your vehicle. Treat parking as a separate expense from admission.
For an afternoon built around a signing, allow time for parking and entering the hall before the published guest window. For a family visit, choose a manageable browsing period around the appearance you most want to see. Neither plan requires trying to cover the entire floor in one continuous session.
Final Thoughts
The Palm Beach Card Show offers West Palm Beach and the surrounding South Florida collecting community a substantial November weekend, with a broad card mix and a guest schedule that rewards a little planning. Use the "Official Source" for the organizer’s schedule before setting out. If you attend, let the organizer or other attendees know you found the event on Card Show Dex, and keep exploring upcoming shows across Florida.
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