State Fair Will Have To Cut Fair Budget For Next Year
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
-- Five days of rain during the Arkansas State
Fair`s 10-day run last month will force organizers to cut the
budget for next year`s fair by as much as 17 percent.
Fair manager Jim Pledger says income from attendance, rides and
food was down about a quarter. That leaves overall income 16
percent.
Pledger said organizers want to keep the fair`s entertainment
budget where it is and save money by canceling plans to spend money
on fairground improvements. Repaving parts of the fairgrounds,
minor electrical work and plans for new roofs on two buildings will
be postponed for a year. Organizers are not planning staff cuts, he
said.
Fair organizers will write the budget this month and submit it
to the fair`s board of directors for their approval at a
mid-December meeting.
