Minnesota State Fair's seventh day draws 88,027 people

That was significantly down from 2019 and 2018 numbers.

September 2, 2021 at 7:50PM
A group of llamas between programming at the Lee and Rose Warner Coliseum at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds on Wednesday afternoon. (Aaron Lavinsky, Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Wednesday, which was Day 7 of the Minnesota State Fair, drew 88,027 people, significantly down from 2019 and 2018 numbers.

Day 1 (Thursday, Aug. 26): 61,983, compared with 133,326 in 2019 (the attendance record for the fair's first Thursday) and 122,695 in 2018.

Day 2 (Friday, Aug. 27): 77,406, compared with 157,224 in 2019 (the attendance record for the fair's first Friday) and 108,059 in 2018.

Day 3 (Saturday, Aug. 28): 129,984, compared with 209,105 in 2019 and 222,144 in 2018 (the attendance record for the fair's first Saturday).

Day 4 (Sunday, Aug. 29): 149,247, compared with 191,524 in 2019 and 184,715 in 2018. (The record for the fair's first Sunday was 209,969 in 1994.)

Day 5 (Monday, Aug. 30): 91,568, compared with 96,716 in 2019 and 124,438 in 2018. (The record for the fair's fifth day was 144,504, set in 2017.)

Day 6 (Tuesday, Aug. 31): 89,618, compared with 136,987 in 2019 (the attendance record for the fair's sixth day) and 120,209 in 2018.

Day 7 (Wednesday, Sept. 1): 88,027, compared with 142,211 in 2019 and 144,940 in 2018 (the attendance record for the fair's seventh day).

Source: Minnesota State Fair

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