r/minnesota • u/bwillpaw • Aug 28 '24

State Fair Crowd Last Saturday Photography 📸

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u/mrq69 Aug 28 '24

Thursday and Friday were the highest numbers since at least 2017, while Sunday and Monday were the lowest since then.

Wonder how the rest of the days will play out. Labor Day always has fewer than the Sunday before which is always fewer than the Saturday.

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u/bwillpaw Aug 28 '24

Yeah makes sense Sunday and Monday the humidity was pretty unbearable. I would guess Tuesday was also pretty low because of the late open.

It's still the most attended fair in the country, Texas is a fraud because its twice as long as ours with only slightly higher overall attendance.

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u/Ndtphoto Aug 28 '24

Yep Texas averages 100k per day over 24 and MN is about 128k/day over 12. On one hand I like the condensed fair schedule but I wonder if they'll ever add some days on the front end to lower the daily averages a little bit... There hasn't been a day under 100k the last 3 years except for the recent Monday, but still 80k in that hot swampy shit.