EMMIE BOESE
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. —Country 102.9 and the Hutchinson Zoo will partner to host the 30th annual Boo at the Zoo on Saturday, Oct. 28, but it'll run a little different this year. Instead of a 2 p.m. start time, the event will begin at noon and end at 5 p.m.
Friends of the Zoo Administrator Hannah Grace said tickets are still free but each one will have a time stamp on them. Each ticket is marked with 15 minute increments for arrival. The only exception is the 4:30 p.m. ticket which is the last entry listed.
"You can actually sign up for a time and if you say sign up for the 12:45 and you wanna go to the shop and treat downtown, you can show up at 12:45 and walk straight in," Grace said. "There's not going to be a major line that you are going to be standing in. There might be some people waiting in line and you might have to wait a little bit but it shouldn't be too bad."
Grace said zoo staff hopes the timed tickets will allow people to have more time to attend other Halloween events in Hutchinson that overlap with Boo at the Zoo.
"Historically what we've had happen, is we would have people show up at 10 in the morning and they would stand outside the zoo and wait for Boo at the Zoo to start at 2 p.m.," Grace said.
Those who would like to attend Boo at the Zoo can select timed entry tickets, at hutchinsonzoo.org, hutchpost.com, or Boo at the Zoo's Facebook event page.
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