Just happened that we arrived 45 minutes early due to soccer game ending early and within moments of getting in line, the line swelled to out into the road and around the corner several hundred feet  (not sure name of road, but road that you turn off of to get into Peden Parking Lot.) Once the gates opened I must admit that with a family that included three children 8 and under, it was a bit scary.  Not to overstate it, but it was a recipe for disaster.  At the very least a younger child or elderly could have fallen and if pepole wouldn't have behaved as well as they did, it could have easily caused altercations (pushing, shoving, aggressive behavior).  I mean it was as tight as a busy subway, during rush hour in a huge city.  You were chest to chest with everyone.  Not an inch to spare.

If this event is to continue and if the turnout is a large as it was today (note:  this was by first time attending, so I'm not sure if today was the norm) the organizers must re-think the entire event.  Not sure how or where, but the venue needs to be a minimum of 5-10x larger and it would help if things were taken out of boxes and layed out for people to see.  Digging through boxes was 99% of the holdup, in addition to the space being entirely too small for the number of people.

A memorable, but certainly not an enjoyable event.

Just throwing out ideas Cleveland. The possibility of being trampled in that place yesterday turned me off a bit.