The State Fair of Texas ran from Sept 29th to Sunday Oct 22nd and had 2.2 Million visitors during it’s 24 day run.  This year made $54.5 million in coupon sales — according to fair officials that is second-best in the festival’s history

HERE’s  THE NUMBERS!

2016 revenue was 56 Million in food, drinks, and rides and also 2016 had 200,000 more visitors than 2017.

More Military visitors: 2017 Inaugural Military Appreciation Day brought in more Military members than 2016 with total of 11,300 which is 1700 more than last year.

Security:  This year more money was paid for security to $1 million , nearly doubled than previously paid.

Biggest Day in Sales:  Oct 14th  $5.1 million in single-day gross coupon Red River Showdown — a record for the fair

North Texas Food Bank donations:   249,577 pounds of food collected will be donated to the North Texas Food Bank  sounds impressive but that is 7% down from 2016.

MORE:  GuideLive

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— State Fair of Texas (@StateFairOfTX) October 23, 2017