Minnesota State Fair wraps up as attendance bounces back

Published 9:15 pm Monday, September 5, 2022

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Pioneer Press

via Tribune News Service

The State Fair concluded its 12-day run on Monday, unofficially marking the end of another summer in Minnesota.

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Labor Day attendance will be reported Tuesday, but the State Fair had already eclipsed its total attendance last year, when the continuing coronavirus pandemic kept many would-be visitors away from the fairgrounds in Falcon Heights.

The 2020 State Fair was canceled in its entirety.

This Sunday’s attendance was a reported 222,202, compared with 153,422 last year. Attendance for the equivalent Sunday in 2019 was 245,243, a daily record.

Through Sunday, cumulative 2022 State Fair attendance was 1,685,237. Total attendance last year was 1,301,584. In 2019, it was a record 2,126,551.

The 2023 State Fair will run from Aug. 24 through Labor Day, Sept. 4.