BUILDING BARRETT-JACKSON: The Tents are Going Up for The World’s Greatest Collector Car Auctions in Scottsdale
December 30, 2022
Posted by Barrett-Jackson
If you are local to Scottsdale, Arizona, and have driven near WestWorld recently, you may have noticed that Barrett-Jackson has started to construct its enormous tents to transform the facility into its signature playground for car aficionados that, once complete, will be an automotive wonderland in January during the 2023 Scottsdale Auction.
Since the auction company moved the event to WestWorld in 1989, the Scottsdale Auction has exponentially grown each year — so much so that in 2014 The World’s Greatest Collector Car Auctions set two official Guinness World Records. One for the Largest Marquee with 435,656.95 square feet and one for the Largest Single-Unit Marquee with 351,210.33 square feet. Naturally, your next question may be how much did Barrett-Jackson beat the record by? The assembled temporary tents exceeded the previous record for Largest Marquee by approximately 247,307 square feet and Largest Single-Unit Marquee by 124,415 square feet.
The marquee, or a large tent used for functions, is home to areas like the main entrance and ensuing Sponsor Pavilion, which leads to the auction arena, housed in one of the permanent buildings at WestWorld. From there, the marquee extends to the City Tent, which can be seen from various high points in the valley and serves as the most iconic structure at WestWorld, and beyond. In the marquee connecting the auction arena and the City Tent lies the vast Lifestyle Marketplace, “indoor” dining options and the vehicles slated for auction. This year, the portion of marquee that extends beyond the City Tent will house the West Showcase.
The tent space combined with the event grounds and permanent buildings at WestWorld amount to nearly one million square feet of everything automotive.
Join us in Scottsdale, January 21-29 to experience this massive structural masterpiece and everything housed within. Visit the schedule of events (here) to keep up with all the action and special events like the Barrett-Jackson Cup and the Future Collector Car Show, both taking place during the auction.