After Rogers announced their free ticket giveaway location was right at the Rogers Store at Yonge and Dundas, crowds of people went running to grab their spot in line.

Ten minutes later, a long line snaked around the block, with far more than 500 people hoping to get lucky.

First in line were Ali Mohammed and Bobbi-Jo Barnes, who were walking nearby and saw the giveaway being set up.

“We saw the red carpet and decided to go stand there,” said Barnes. “We heard about the giveaway and I’m glad we were up early.”

Steve Smith, and his son, Sammy, drove downtown from Vaughan. Raju Mudhar/Toronto Star The Star

Steve and his son, Sammy Smith, drove downtown from Vaughan and figured it would be somewhere central.

“You can’t just wait for the Instagram post, the lineup was basically fille

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