[Zeke]

SEMA members get some tickets and can buy more. They are not cheap. I didn't think a non affiliated walk up could get a ticket. I do think you can walk up with a business card and join SEMA thereby gaining entry, but the lines are long and the questions are many. Part of your badge has a bar code or maybe now a QR code that can be scanned at each booth for later contact. That information better be live or you may not pass muster.

However, the Global Tire Expo by the TIA (Tire Industry Assoc.) show is in conjunction with the SEMA show. Credentials for that portion of the show are good for the whole show. Hit your local tire dealer up for a ticket. That's a nice back door way in. There's a shuttle that runs between the expo centers. And actually, the show at the Sand Expo is pretty good. Lots of stuff not in the SEMA show like tools.