Record Last Day For State Fair Attendance
RALEIGH, N.C. - 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. This year’s total attendance of 765,067 was down about 11 percent below last year’s record of 858,611.
N.C. Department of Agriculture spokesman Brian Long said officials took note of the fact that advance sales for the fair
were down. Long also said a combination of cool temperatures, a threat of rain and a struggling economy combined to keep attendance down.
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i’m bringing tons of friends next year