Quote Originally Posted by Jersey Boss View Post
The trend for athletic venues are to move them to downtown areas. Nationally attendance at State Fairs is declining. This country is getting less rural with every passing year and the interest in FFA events just is not what it was 20 years ago. Yeah the monorail was fun the first time, but after that, meh. The cars were incredibly hot and stuffy and for what? Times are a changing and a big chunk of this land could be repurposed for something more beneficial than horse shows. I'm not suggesting eliminating the facilities for the ponies but repurposing the area outside of this. Nostalgia does not cut it.


That seems to be the case; however The Tulsa State Fair didn't get that memo.

Found this on the internet - The Biggest State Fairs in the United States: https://www.readers.com/blog/biggest-state-fairs/

Los Angeles has the largest county fair with 1.5 million annual visitors.