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MN State Fair cleanup underway following storms
Storms that rolled through Minnesota late Monday and early Tuesday morning downed trees and took the power out for several communities, also leading to a delayed start for the Minnesota State Fair Tuesday morning. FOX 9’s Ian Leonard and Rob Olson have the latest on efforts to clean up the aftermath.
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (FOX 9) - Despite several days that saw storms roll through fairgrounds, the Minnesota State Fair saw its fifth-highest attendance total ever recorded.
By the numbers
The Minnesota State Fair saw a total of 1,925,904 people walk through its gates from Aug. 22 to Sept. 2, 2024.
The total attendance represents more than the last two years – 1,835,826 total people during the 2023 fair, and 1,842,222 during the 2022 event.
But it’s also down from the all-time, pre-pandemic high of 2,126,551 set in 2019.
Daily records
Despite the overall total being below a record, five daily records were broken in 2024.
- The first Thursday saw 138,875 people — the previous record was 133,326 in 2016.
- The first Friday saw 171,233 people — the previous record was 164,741 in 2023.
- The first Wednesday saw 145,531 people — the previous record was 144,940 in 2018.
- The second Friday saw 225,521 people — the previous record was 209,789 in 2019.
- The second Sunday saw 256,015 people — the previous record was 245,243 in 2019.