Mississippi State Fair extended

Mississippi State Fair extended

EXTEND THE STATE FAIR.FAIR OFFICIALS ADMIT THEDECISION TO EXTEND THE STATEFAIR LARGELY CAME AS A RESULT OFLOST BUSINESS A DOUBLE WHAMMYYOU MIGHT SAY OF A HURRICANE ANDA PANDEMIC?THE MISSISSIPPI STATE FAIR ISBEING EXTENDED ORGANIZERS PLANTO REOPEN THE GATES THISTHURSDAY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY,BUT SOME VENDORS MONDAY.WE’RE ALREADY PACKING UP TOLEAVE.IT IS A GOOD FAIR THIS YEAR.WE’RE JUST BATTLING A BATTLE ANDCOVID AND I THINK THAT HARD US ALOT WITH THE CROWD LOVED JUSTTHAT BUT I JUST HAVE NICE I HAVECOMMIT I HAVE COMMITMENTS THATCONTRACTUAL COMMITMENTS ANDTHERE’S A FEW OTHER SOME OTHERPEOPLE THAT DO HAVE COMMITMENTSTHAT THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TOHONOR AND LEAVE THE STATE FAIRWAS ONE OF THE FEW TO STILL GOON DESPITE THE PANDEMIC.ORGANIZERS TOOK A HOST OF STEPSTO TRY AND ENSURE THE PUBLIC THEEVENT WAS SAFE TO ATTEND BUT THEATTENDANCE AND REVEN NUMBERSWERE WAY DOWN.THE STATE FAIR IS ALSO A BIGREVENUE GENERATOR FOR THEFAIRGROUNDS BUDGET, BUT THESTORM WAS WAS PRETTY ROUGH ONUS, YOU KNOW, THE TENNIS WASDOWN THAT DAY, YOU KNOW, BUT ICAN’T REMEMBER RECENT HISTORY.WE HAD A HURRICANE BLEW OVER THETOP THAT MISSISSIPPI STATE FAIRSTRONG ATTENDANCE NUMBERS IN THEFINAL.GAVE REASON TO TRY AND ADD A FEWDAYS THE EXTENSION WILL COINCIDEWITH A GUN SHOW A HORSE SHOW ANDA GOSPEL MUSIC EVENT LIVE ON THEMIDWAY SATURDAY FAIR OFFICIALSSAY THEY DID CONSIDER JUSTKEEPING THE FAIR OPEN THROUGHNEXT WEEKEND, BUT BECAUSE SOMEVENDORS HAVE LEFT THEY SAY THEYNEEDED THE TIME TO RESET UP THEMIDWAY TO MAKE SURE IT IS SAFEFOR WHEN CUSTOMERS COME BACKTHURSDAY AT THE STATE