Colorado State Fair

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The Colorado State Fair is an event held annually in late August in Pueblo, Colorado. The state fair has been a tradition since October 9, 1872.[1]

Colorado State Fair
Colorado State Fair in 2015
Genre	State fair
Date	26 August – 5 September 2022
Frequency	Annual
Locations	Pueblo, Colorado
Years active	153
Inaugurated	October 9, 1872
Website	coloradostatefair.com

The fairgrounds also host a number of other events during the rest of the year. Organizationally, the fair is one of the divisions of the Colorado Department of Agriculture.[2]

Contents

• 1 History
• 2 See also
• 3 References
• 4 External links

History

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When Colorado became a state in 1876, its state fair was already earning its place in history.[citation needed] In 1869, approximately two thousand people converged on what is now Pueblo for a horse exhibition; from that meager beginning was born the Colorado State Fair.[1]

There were cancellations in 1917–18 and 1942–45 due to World War I and World War II, respectively.

In 2011, the grand champion goat shown by Colorado State University student Maggie Weinroth was disqualified after failing a drug test.[3] Ractopamine was found by doing tests on the urine, blood, and tissues of the goat.[4] The Weinroth family appealed the decision, claiming the goat ingested a large amount of a foreign feed mixture overnight before the fair.[5] After months of fighting, the Weinroth family won their battle with the fair in March 2012.[6]

In November 2019, the Colorado State Fair was audited by the Colorado General Assembly.[7] As reported in local media, the audit found that the Fair had lost money for the previous 21 years in a row, with deficits averaging $4 million per year between 2014 and 2018.[8]

2020 saw drive-thru fair food and limited exhibitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9]

See also

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• Colorado Department of Agriculture

References

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1. ^ a b "History | Colorado State Fairgrounds". Colorado State Fair. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
2. ^ "About Us". Colorado Department of Agriculture. Colorado Official State Web Portal. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
3. ^ Schrader, Ann (October 14, 2011). "Colorado State Fair champion goats disqualified after failed drug test". Denver Post.
4. ^ "Fair learns of tainted animal feed allegations".
5. ^ Burnett, Sara. "Family fights to restore name in Colorado State Fair goat dispute - The Denver Post". The Denver Post. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
6. ^ "Pueblochieftain".
7. ^ "Performance Audit: Colorado State Fair Authority". Colorado General Assembly. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
8. ^ "The State Fair Has Lost Money For 21 Years Straight. An Audit Finds It Has 'Fundamental' Problems". Colorado Public Radio. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
9. ^ "2020 Annual Report.pdf". Colorado State Fair. Retrieved September 11, 2021.

External links

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• Official website
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