The final day of the Great Minnesota Get-Together

Lots of people at the state fair
Photo credit Entercom

Until last year, drawing two million people to the Minnesota State Fair was a pipe dream.

Now, it appears that mark might become a regular occurrance.

Another day of temperatures maybe reaching 80 degrees, and the draw of ZZ Top performing at the Grandstand, and chances appear good for another large crowd at the historic fairgrounds in Falcon Heights.

So far this year, there have been four daily attendance records set at the Fair.

Sunday's attendance is revealed on Monday afternoon.

Here are the numbers, followed by cumulative attendance

  • Aug. 22    133,326*
  • Aug. 23    157,224*    (290,550)
  • Aug. 24    209,105      (499,655)
  • Aug. 25   191,524       (691,179)
  • Aug. 26     96,716       (787,895)
  • Aug. 27   136,987*     (924,882)
  • Aug. 28   142,211    (1,067,093) 
  • Aug. 29   153,274    (1,220,367) 
  • Aug. 30   209,789*  (1,430,156)
  • Aug. 31   266,412    (1,696,568)

Record Total            2,046,533 in 2018

*Daily attendance record.

 

The record attendance for Labor Day, which has always been the final day of the fair, is 178,867, set in 2015.