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2013 Minnesota State Fair attendance

August 24, 2013 at 2:29AM
Kevin Schemery entertained his 13-year-old daughter Alex with corny corn puns after Alex's grandpa won this huge stuffed ear of corn by tipping a bottle upright with a ring fishing pole. The first day of the Minnesota Fair, Thursday, August 22, 2013 ] GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com
Kevin Schemery entertained his 13-year-old daughter Alex with corny puns after Alex’s grandpa won a huge stuffed ear of corn on the first day of the fair. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

2013 Minnesota State Fair attendance

The State Fair always gets a good crowd, but exactly how many people go each day? Here's our first look at this year's attendance figures. The all-time busiest day was the second Saturday in 2010, when 234,384 people packed in.

Thursday, Aug. 22: 106,852, compared with 103,738 last year and 101,658 in 2011. The record for first-day attendance was set in 2010, when 119,145 people went to the fair.

Source: Minnesota State Fair

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