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Nebraska State Fair losing money, visitors
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Jul 13, 2004 10:57am |
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| Category | News |
| Media | TV News - CNN |
| News Date | Tuesday, July 13, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | LINCOLN, Nebraska (AP) -- Becky Ferguson and her husband used to take their three children to the Nebraska State Fair every year to eat deep-fried candy bars, ride the Ferris wheel and look at the 4-H exhibits.
But the Fergusons, like many other families in Nebraska, have stopped going. They say the fairgrounds were no longer being kept clean, and tickets -- which rose to $10 per person in 1999 -- had become too expensive for an entire family. Tickets were dropped back to $7 per person last year.
The Nebraska State Fair -- a nearly 136-year-old tradition in the heart of America's agricultural heartland -- is in trouble.
It has been losing money and visitors, and its future may hinge on a November 2 vote on whether to use $2 million a year in state lottery proceeds to repair buildings and make other improvements to the fairgrounds.
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