Source: Chris Baysden – Triangle Business Journal
There were a whole lotta people at “A Whole Lotta Happy.”
North Carolina State Fair officials said Monday that this year’s fair – which used the promotional slogan “A Whole Lotta Happy” – broke records for total and single-day attendance.
The fair drew 877,941 attendees this year, beating the previous record [...]
Source: Sam Jacobson – The Daily Tar Heel
Blogs and Twitter generate interest
The N.C. State Fair is Tweeting, blogging and Facebooking its way to an unprecedented increase in ticket sales.
The fair’s social networking outreach, which began in June 2008, has helped to double ticket sales from this time last year.
With the fair less than two weeks [...]
WakeMyNC
Powers Great American Midways will operate the carnival rides and games at the 2009 N.C. State Fair, Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler announced.
Troxler said he and State Fair management chose to offer the contract to Powers for 2009 based on the company’s performance at the past three State Fairs, as well as the financial benefit to [...]
JournalNow.Com — Winston-Salmen
RALEIGH – Record attendance on the final day didn’t prevent the 2008 N.C. State Fair from falling below last year’s overall turnout.
Sunday’s attendance totaled 101,775, breaking the mark of 98,433 on the last day of the 2007 fair. But The News & Observer of Raleigh reports that this year’s total attendance of 765,067 [...]
Workers or guests, people are the fair’s most compelling exhibit
By Martha Quillin, Staff Writer : Found Here
Of all that is on exhibit at the N.C. State Fair, the most dynamic display is the daily parade of people. Some have come to work, parking their motor homes on the edge of a city they will never [...]
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By Josh Shaffer
josh.shaffer@newsobserver.com
Posted: Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008
Attendance this year has slumped at the N.C. State Fair. Poor economy and cold weather are cited as key factors.
Hank Norton waits for customers at his shooting game booth at the N.C. State Fair on Wednesday. Despite a day of heavy attendance Tuesday, attendance overall is down [...]
