2010
08.02

Year to Remember for State Fair(North Dakota)

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Source: KFYR-TV

2010 set the highest attendance record the North Dakota State Fair has seen since becoming a State Fair in 1966. The second largest year for attendance was achieved in 1983. Last year`s Fair takes third place. The biggest day of the nine-day fair was the first Saturday, with 53,778 people attending. For the first time in the history of the State Fair both the Grandstand Country Showpass and the major rock concert sold out. The Grandstand Showpass sold out with 16,000 Showpasses while KISS sold out with 15,000 Fairgoers in attendance.

"It was amazing. The weather was great. That could have really hurt us if the weather was bad, but everything was great and everything just came through," says Renae Korslien, ND State Fair Manager.

State Fair attendance:
2010 - 308,641 (Record)
2009 - 296,819
1983 - 300,790 (Previous Record)

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