The show runs 10 to 5
The Oddities & Curiosities Expo takes Expo Hall and Entertainment Hall at the Florida State Fairgrounds on November 21 and 22, 2026. The organiser lists both days at 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The venue page prints the same dates and the same opening hour.
Both halls sit behind the U.S. Hwy 301 entrance at Gate 1. The address is 4800 U.S. Hwy 301 N, Tampa, FL 33610.
What the halls publish
Expo Hall carries 87,000 square feet of exhibit space and 45-foot ceilings. The venue lists eight flexible meeting rooms and complimentary wifi throughout the building. Entertainment Hall adds 51,000 square feet. The pair totals 138,000 square feet.
The show page publishes no attendee workspace. A visitor who needs a door, a desk and a quiet line for a client call needs a room. Wifi covers the concourse. A three-hour work block with two screens needs a desk and a door.
The windows a day room serves
Dayuse's Tampa shelf carried 14 priced cards on 21 October 2026. Three of them sit in the fairgrounds corridor.
Quality Inn & Suites Tampa near Fairgrounds and Casino lists $65 for the day against $88 for the night, a 27 percent discount, a $6 booking fee, and three windows: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Its pin sits 2.68 straight-line miles from the fairgrounds.
Clarion Pointe Tampa-Brandon Near Fairgrounds and Casino lists $65 against $96, a 33 percent discount and a $6 fee, with windows of 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Its pin sits 1.82 miles out.
Quality Inn and Conference Center Tampa-Brandon lists $60 against $87, a 32 percent discount and a $6 fee, with windows of 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Its pin sits 2.93 miles out.
The 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. slot buys two hours before the doors and four hours of the show. The 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. slot buys the last three hours and two hours after the close. The 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. slot covers the show whole.
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Tampa Fairgrounds Casino is the venue's own partner at 0.2 miles, described as directly across the street. It publishes no day rate.
What a pair of slots is worth to the property
Two back-to-back slots on the Quality Inn card run $65 plus $65 with $12 in booking fees, so $142 across 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. The same property lists $88 for the night. The pair adds $54, and the room clears by 7 p.m.
The Conference Center pair runs $60 plus $60 and $12 in fees, so $132 across 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., against $87 for the night. Those two windows overlap from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., so one hour of the pair buys nothing.
A property that sells both slots books 11 hours on one room in one calendar day. Room revenue for that date moves from $88 to $142, and the room still turns over for the overnight trade.
A guest who wants the room from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. pays $54 more than the overnight rate at the same address.
Parking is one entry
Parking costs $10 prepaid online and $12 at the gate. Each ticket covers one entry. The parking portal states that the ticket does not include event entry, that convenience fees sit inside the printed price, and that sales are final. A midday drive back to the room costs a second ticket.
Florida sits outside the booking platform
hotelSlots publishes its state restriction on the seller-of-travel page, last updated 21 October 2026. The page states that the company cannot process hotel booking requests from residents of or for travel to Florida, Hawaii, Iowa and Washington. The restriction covers every hotelhuddle domain.
The directory lists Tampa at 175 hotels. The day rates above come from one read of the Tampa shelf on 21 October 2026, and these cards move between reads.
The order to book in
Buy the $10 parking ticket first. Buy the $15 advance ticket while the show is certain. Then pick the window against the clock: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. covers the show, and 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. holds the room two hours past the close. Recheck the rate and the window before paying.
