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NC Hippies Charge Tang Up Front. Also, when you hear 10s of thousands...
"The Trump campaign booked the smaller of two venues at the same complex in downtown Asheville for Wednesday's rally. The Thomas Wolfe Auditorium has a capacity of just 2,431 people, while a larger arena next door that is not hosting Trump has a capacity of 7,200."
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-campaign-forced-pay-north-carolina-city-82k-advance-rally-1938769
They don't want footage of empty seats on the news, just shots of an overflow crowd they wouldn't have in the larger venue
I should note that I can 100% guarantee that he paid up front for his Charlotte rallies and it looks like even in the MAGA parts of NC, they don't trust him to pay Tuesday for hamburger today.