{"id":131374,"date":"2011-10-06T17:30:21","date_gmt":"2011-10-06T22:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=131374"},"modified":"2011-10-07T16:52:13","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T21:52:13","slug":"east-texas-state-fair-draws-over-242000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=131374","title":{"rendered":"East Texas State Fair Draws over 242,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=131377\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-131377\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2011\/10\/thumb_easttexas-statefair-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"thumb_easttexas-statefair-2\" width=\"93\" height=\"120\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-131377\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTYLER &#8212; East Texas Fair staffers are pleased with response to this year&#8217;s event, which wrapped up last weekend.   \u201cThis is the first time in my career I have seen attendance at a Fair finish almost identical to the previous year,\u201d said John Sykes, President of The Park of East Texas, Inc.  \u201cThis year\u2019s attendance is within a few people of being the same number as 2010.  Total attendance in 2011 is 242,163.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Per capita spending increased.  North American Midway Entertainment set an all time record for ride revenue.  Most established food vendors reported record income.  \u201cWhile attendance remained flat, it is obvious that those who came spent more money once inside,\u201d stated Sykes.  \u201cWe again saw more families and children at the Fair.\u201d  The East Texas State Fair also saw increases in livestock show exhibits and the addition of more retail vendors adding to the commercial exhibitor line-up.  Officials say the trend of adding retail vendors to The Marketplace inside Harvey Convention Center will continue, giving fairgoers the opportunity to purchase mattresses, jewelry and numerous other items while increasing sales tax revenues for the area.<\/p>\n<p>It is estimated the East Texas State Fair generates over $20 million in economic impact for the region.  The Fair\u2019s gross income is over $2 million during the 11-day event. \u201cIt is stirring to see an increase in spending during a time when much of the country is still suffering through a troubled economy,\u201d said Sykes.  \u201cWe will now take the successes of this year\u2019s event and improve on them as we plan for the 2012 East Texas State Fair.\u201d  The 97th East Texas State Fair is scheduled for September 20-30, 2012, at the East Texas State Fairgrounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; East Texas Fair staffers are pleased with response to this year&#8217;s event, which wrapped up last weekend. \u201cThis is the first time in my career I have seen attendance at a Fair finish almost identical to the previous year,\u201d said John Sykes, President of The Park of East Texas, Inc. \u201cThis year\u2019s attendance &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=131374\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">East Texas State Fair Draws over 242,000<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-28 20:09:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=131374"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131695,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131374\/revisions\/131695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=131374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=131374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=131374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}