A Fontana swap meet has announced its plan to shut down next month after more than three decades, forcing dozens of businessowners to pack up and move out in a month.<\/p>\n
Several vendors inside the Fontana Indoor Swap Meet said that they were notified on Wednesday that the location will close after 32 years. <\/p>\n
“Upset, frustrated — I couldn’t eat or sleep,” said Heidie Kim, who owns JJ Hosiery inside the swap meet. “There are 70 vendors and a lot of workers.”<\/p>\n
Kim said her retail shop and many other businesses are being pushed out after the owner of the swap meet sold the property.<\/p>\n
“We were shocked because we prepared for Christmas with a lot of items,” Kim said. “Some people bought t$60,000 worth (of merchandise). I don’t know what to do.”<\/p>\n
The vendors have about a month to prepare, Kim said, because their move-out notice said Jan. 19, 2026 will be the last business day for the swap meet.<\/p>\n
Some vendors, like Jun Jeong who owns 77 Portrait Studio, had no words on how or where they will continue to do business.<\/p>\n
“I have no idea (where I’ll be going),” Jeong said.<\/p>\n
And because many of the vendors are in their 60s and 70s, moving businesses out at their age is a challenge on its own, they said. <\/p>\n
The Fontana Indoor Swap Meet also announced on social media its plans for closure without providing any reason for the decision.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s kind of sad to see a community closing up that we were fond of,” said Lydia Elizondo, a customer. “Their bargains are great, and the people are great.”<\/p>\n
Another customer expressed disappointment as her family has been frequenting the swap meet for years.<\/p>\n
“I have a necklace from my grandma from one of the stores,” Luz Perez said. “We have been coming here for years. It’s sad to see this situation happen.”<\/p>\n
The vendors said they were hoping to get more answers about what happens next when years of hard work and becoming embedded in the Inland Empire community disappear. <\/p>\n
“If the owner wants to sell, it’s OK. It’s their choice, but why didn’t they let us know before Christmas season?” Kim asked. <\/p>\n
The Fontana Indoor Swap Meet declined to speak with NBC Los Angeles. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Fontana swap meet has announced its plan to shut down next month after more than three decades,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[29787,48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-91230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-fontana","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}