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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