Collin County commissioners hold a public hearing Monday, Oct. 26, on a mass gathering permit for Vintage Market Days, a three-day vendor market planned for Nov. 20-22 at the county's Myers Park & Event Center, 7117 County Road 166 in McKinney.
The agenda item cites Chapter 751 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, the state's mass gathering law, and asks the court to decide on the permit after the hearing.
Myers Park manager Judy Moody told commissioners in a memo that the county's development services, fire marshal and sheriff's offices each reviewed the application and found that minimum standards for fire safety and public order appear to be met.
Crowd and hours
The application lists hours of 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, with no more than 2,500 people on the grounds at one time. The organizer's narrative, based on three earlier markets at the park in 2024 and 2025, expects Saturday to draw the most visitors, about 4,500, and calls that estimate possibly high.
Staff would count attendance hourly and hold people in line if the grounds fill. Paid county staff and volunteers would direct parking traffic through marked entrance and exit lanes.
Health conditions
The county's environmental health report sets several conditions. Every food stand needs its own county permit, and applications and fees are due by 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, so inspectors can check each stand the morning of Nov. 20; late vendors will not be allowed to sell.
State rules call for one toilet per 50 people, which at 2,500 visitors would mean 50 toilets. The report says similar events at the park have managed with fewer, so the county will allow one per 100 people.
The park has 28, so no portable units are required at the outset, but inspectors will track wait times and can order more for the second and third days.
