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On third day, Minnesota State Fair attendance is 209,105

August 25, 2019 at 11:53PM
Eddie Hoeschen, 2, rode on his grandpa Kevin Hoeschen's, of Duluth, shoulders as they walked through a thick crowd at the Minnesota State Fair in Falcon Heights, Minn., on Friday, August 23, 2019.
Eddie Hoeschen, 2, rode on his grandpa Kevin Hoeschen's, of Duluth, shoulders as they walked through a thick crowd at the Minnesota State Fair in Falcon Heights, Minn., on Friday, August 23, 2019. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

STATE FAIR ATTENDANCE

Thursday, Aug. 22: 133,326, compared with 122,695 in 2018 and 117,877 in 2017. That sets the record for first-day attendance. The all-time daily attendance record was 270,426, the number of people who went to the fair on its second Saturday in 2018.

Friday, Aug. 23: 157,224, compared with 108,059 in 2018 and 125,324 in 2017. For the second day in a row, a record was set. The previous record for second-day attendance was 141,023, set in 2016.

Saturday, Aug. 24: 209,105, compared with 222,194 in 2018 and 158,525 in 2017. Attendance in 2018 set the record for the fair's third day.

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