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Ex. SEC-05-GM-010 Organizer notice Confirmed from a secondary source

Organizer notice

Minnesota State Fair 2020

Minnesota State Agricultural Society · Falcon Heights (St. Paul), MN (Organizer)

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Jurisdiction
Falcon Heights (St. Paul), MN · Minnesota
Level
Organizer
Issued
2020-05-22 May 22, 2020
In force
May 22, 2020 (the notice's date)
Quarters
2020 Q2
Functions reached
  • BQ
  • KT
  • CB
  • HR
  • MK
Collection
Restaurants and Food Service SEC-05

Operative words

Fair management: "There will be no State Fair this year"; "we can see that we're out of runway and can't get off the ground"; "we need to make decisions now based on what we know today, not how we hope things will be in August" (CBS Minnesota, May 22, 2020)

The organizer's notice

CBS Minnesota report of the 2020 Minnesota State Fair cancellation (May 22, 2020)

Notes

2020: Cancelled May 22, 2020. 2021: Held Aug. 26-Sept. 6, 2021 after the State's peacetime emergency ended July 1, 2021; a scaled-back 'Kickoff to Summer' food event preceded it (Wikipedia). Usual dates: Aug. 27-Sept. 7, 2020 scheduled (twelve days ending Labor Day). Scale: 2,126,551 attendance in 2019 (record); 'the largest single gathering in the state'; one French-fry vendor alone employed 160 people (CBS Minnesota, May 22, 2020). Venue orders 2020: MN-022, MN-024, MN-010. Venue orders 2021: MN-038, MN-039.

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