Ben Carson’s Rock Hill campaign event moved to Winthrop Coliseum

The Rock Hill campaign event for Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson has been moved to the Winthrop Coliseum, according to a campaign staffer.

The coliseum seats 6,100 for sports events and graduations. The Dec. 2 town hall event had been scheduled for Winthrop’s McBryde Hall, which has a capacity of 600.

Joe St. John, a Carson campaign staffer from York County, confirmed the change.

Doors will open at noon for the 2 p.m. event, St. John said. More details will be released later.

The event is free, but tickets are required and are available on the website Eventbrite.

Carson travels with a Secret Service detail. Winthrop Police Chief Frank Zebedis said details about security, parking, traffic and more will likely be released Monday to give the public plenty of time to plan.

This story was originally published November 24, 2015 at 10:39 AM with the headline "Ben Carson’s Rock Hill campaign event moved to Winthrop Coliseum."