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Card Party 4 San Diego
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Card Party 4 San Diego

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Card Party 4 San Diego at the Gaylord Pacific — three days where the Pokemon TCG and collector card community takes over the convention hall. Creator booths, sealed events, and the market. Going?

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Fri, May 22 – Sun, May 24, 2026
Fri 11:00 AM PDT – Sun 5:00 PM PDT
Gaylord Pacific Resort & Convention Center, 1000 H St, Chula Vista, CA 91910
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Gaylord Pacific Resort & Convention Center, 1000 H St, Chula Vista. May 22nd, 2026. Card Party 4 is the trading card game pop-up market that treats the hobby the way it deserves — a real venue, a serious vendor selection, and the specific energy of a room full of people who know exactly what they're looking at.

Card Party is not a casual flea market. The vendors who table here specialize — sealed product, singles, graded cards, vintage sets, and the newer releases that have been moving in the secondary market. Walking the floor is the experience of seeing the full spectrum of what collecting looks like at every level, from the person pulling a specific card for a deck they've been building to the collector sitting on long boxes of raw vintage stock.

The Gaylord Pacific Resort gives the event the setting to match its ambitions — a convention-scale resort venue in Chula Vista, accessible from San Diego and across the South Bay. card.party for the full vendor list and ticket details. If you collect cards of any kind — Pokemon, Magic, sports, vintage — this is the show that covers the entire hobby under one roof. Come with a want list. Leave with more than you planned.
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