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Friday's Minnesota State Fair attendance set second-day record

August 28, 2016 at 3:14AM
Friday's Minnesota State Fair attendance set a second-day record, with 141,023 people flocking to the fairgrounds, some to honor Prince.
Friday’s Minnesota State Fair attendance set a second-day record, with 141,023 people flocking to the fairgrounds, some to honor Prince. (Vince Tuss — Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Friday's Minnesota State Fair attendance set a second-day record, with 141,023 people flocking to the fairgrounds in Falcon Heights. Here are attendance numbers for the fair's first two days:

Day One:

Thursday, Aug. 25111,902

2015110,267

201494,256

Record119,145 (2010)

Day Two:

Friday, Aug. 26141,023

2015114,292

2014118,606

Record141,023 (this year)

Previous record132,738 (2010)

Source: Minnesota State Fair

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