(Des Moines) Attendance at this year’s Iowa State Fair is still ahead of last year. The fair says just under 422-thousand people went through gates on Sunday, compared to 410-thousand people by the same time in 2022. One-hundred-thousand-214 people entered the gates on Monday, surpassing last year’s Monday numbers by over 12-thousand visitors. The one-point-one-million people who attended the fair last year was the fourth-most ever. The 2023 Iowa State Fair runs through Sunday.
Iowa State Fair Attendance Still Ahead of Last Year
Aug 16, 2023 | 11:01 AM
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