Outdoor merchants operate booths from 6am to 6pm year-round (although the winter weather drastically reduces the number of businesses).

Dreaming of this captive audience, several dozen charities and local merchants, including artists, craftsmen and food sellers, contracted with the promoters' concessionaire, Fine Host Corporation of Greenwich, Conn., to operate booths around the 840-acre concert site.

Most of them operated booths, stores, and shops in Demora.

And since this spring, the Comptroller's office has operated booths at high pedestrian traffic areas like train stations and racetracks to try to reunite people with their assets.

"If there was a snowstorm, he'd just shovel the walk," said Stanley Fox, who grew up working on carousels and other rides with Mr. Saltzstein and now operates booths that let people take their own pictures.

Betfred are also the official betting partner of Wembley National Stadium and operate betting booths for all England and Football Association matches.

Paris, in particular, makes heavy use of them; the streets of the city are forested with self-cleaning coin operated booths (landmarks like Basilique du Sacré-Cœur generally have several).

They operate booths and a variety of railroad and model railroad shows and meets throughout the eastern US.