Nevada State Fair ending after 136 years

[Bluebear]

No funding. No fairs. No school bands, parades, senior centers, youth basketball, pollen counts, child care, volcano monitoring....just more money for war, war, war. What a joyful set of priorities. :(


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RENO, Nev. - The board of directors for the Nevada State Fair says there won't be one this summer.

Board members say budget shortfalls leave them no choice but to bring an end to the fair for the first time in 136 years.

Executive director Rich Crombie said in a statement Wednesday that a last-ditch fundraising effort had produced only a fraction of the estimated $250,000 needed to keep the fair from folding up its tent.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-ap-nv-nevadastatefairen,0,475296.story

[monmouth]

1. The loss to vendors, owners of rides, food and beverage...the list

goes on and on. One of the biggest losses would be to he children who remember experiences like this for the rest of their lives. I can't believe this will really happen and I would bet someone(s), a casino(s), whatever will step up. I hope so.

[pitohui]

5. well, i'm not sure why the owners of rides etc. need to be subsidized

things are VERY bad in nevada right now, i'm not clear why money should be spent on subsidizing a state fair, when people no longer go to state fairs, should be a priority

what's that except a hand-out to some rich guy who owns the rides and booths? too many so-called small businessmen are republicans...they don't want us to have anything, why should we keep supporting them?

children are not interested in the state fair anymore, it's all about the big corp parks (disney) -- when kids are asked to "make a wish," they don't say they wanna see the jam-making contest at some dumb-ass state fair, they say they want to go to disneyland...let's not pretend it's about the children, it's abt some vendors who have apparently been putting their hands in state gov't pockets

[Bluebear]

10. You're a riot at parties, aren't you? :)

[virgogal]

2. My God,$250,000.00 is a drop in the bucket as far as things like

this go.

Where are the philanthropists?

How sad.

[opihimoimoi]

3. Vote GOPer and watch the FUN Level Taper and the misery index escalate...

The GOPers fail on this one for the lack of a miserable 1/4 million....how Lame....

[itsrobert]

4. Internet provides all entertainment

You can go to the fair virtually now. No need to get out of a seat and risk the potato chip crumbs on your lap to be spill onto the floor.

[Angry Dragon]

6. Monnesota has a state fair that covers 1 mile square

and the overall fair budget is $35 million.

[TlalocW]

7. I'll miss the prostitute petting zoo...

Just kidding. That sucks. I'm in a state (Oklahoma) that has two "state" fairs. The Oklahoma State Fair, and the Tulsa State Fair (because we don't like being left out or having to drive 100 miles for fried (whatever) on a stick).

TlalocW

[blondeatlast]

8. That's truly sad. My fondest memory is going to the Colorado State Fair

at age 4 and getting a "Monkees" guitar pin at a booth; absolutely the grandest day of my little life even if I did lose my balloon.

I find this really, really sad. Outside of LV, Nevada is a pretty rural, small town state like CO was--it was such a thrill going to the big city and seeing everything.

[Raine]

9. This is very sad

Some of my best childhood memories are when we would go to the Los Angeles County Fair (yes LA has county fair, one of the biggest probably in the nation). I would be just sick if LA had to end theirs, it's a family tradition.