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The fair is organized by Maricopa County Fair, Inc, a private non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that receives no tax revenue or funding from Maricopa County. The members of the organization are forty-five elected commissioners and two ex officio members. The Board of Directors is composed of nineteen volunteer members. [3]
The Fair typically has around 75 amusement rides, 110 food booths, and 300 commercial sales booths. The Arizona State Fair is one of the top 5 state fairs by yearly attendance in the country, drawing over a million visitors annually. Fair patrollers include security guards, the Phoenix Police and the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.
It is currently used yearly to host the Arizona State Fair and the Maricopa County Fair, as well as for other events. The Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, an arena at the fairgrounds, hosted the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association from 1968 to 1992. In 1992, the team moved to what is known today as Footprint Center.
The total number of Junior Fair exhibitors, combining 4-H and FFA, comes to 14,040, according to Marica Bruek of the Junior Fair Board office. There will be 2,854 Junior Fair animal entries ...
Maricopa County (/ ˌ m ær ɪ ˈ k oʊ p ə /) is a county in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Arizona.As of the 2020 census the population was 4,420,568, [1] or about 62% of the state's total, making it the fourth-most populous county in the United States and the most populous county in Arizona, and making Arizona one of the nation's most centralized states.
(The Center Square) – A half-cent sales tax for the transportation funding in Maricopa County seems likely to pass. Proposition 479 is leading with 60.18% of the vote, compared with 39.82% ...
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The Chesterfield County Fair Association implemented a clear bag policy this year to provide a safer environment for the public and significantly expedite fairgoers’ entry into the fairgrounds ...