I haven't been to the Nebraska State Fair in years, and I live 20 miles from it. It's in a downward spiral in Lincoln. Revenue is down, so they try to make up for it by raising admission prices, etc. There used to be free parking, now parking is big business. And all the price increases decreased attendance.
I remember when we raced stock cars there in the '70's and '80's, if you drove up to the gate hauling a stock car, the car, the hauler, and four people got in free. No more.
The thing is, the University of Nebraska has plenty of room on the East Campus to build the research facility they want, so why the heck don't they just use land they already have?
I won't argue that the fair needed a major overhaul, but my opinion is moving it to Grand Island is counter-productive. Nebraska is 450 miles long, from east to west, and one argument is that Grand Island is more centrally located; however the majority of the population is still in the east half. There are counties in western Nebraska where the population of an entire county is a couple hundred people. (That's not a put down, I imagine I could enjoy living under those conditions.)
Grand Island got the short end of the stick in the deal. The State basically handed the fair to Grand Island and told them they'd need to spend whatever money it took to make it work. You're talking millions that Grand Island doesn't have.
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