Low attendance at Minnesota State Fair
eats into vendors' bottom line
Posted By: NorthernDog, 9/5/2021 1:58:58 PM
Minnesota State Fair vendors continue to see a drop in sales as attendance levels decrease daily compared to 2019. Cynthia Forster-Kavanugh, owner of Sausage by Cynthia, is putting fewer links on the grill this year. “I feel just happy to be here. We just didn't know what we're going to get when we came in and now we know,” Forster-Kavanaugh said. Her faith in sales is starting to fizzle out. (Snip) Normally wall-to-wall crowds pack the streets at the fair, but the empty spaces this year are hitting vendors in their wallets. “Well, every day is an adventure since COVID
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They are blaming COVID for poor attendance but the fair sits on the edge of the urban core. Other nearby events have been canceled this year due to the threat of violence.