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| - Went on the final Friday, afternoon. Only paid $5 to get in, half-price until 6; I thought that was fair (pardon the pun). Found free parking along 17th Dr. about a block away after driving around for 15 minutes; I refuse to pay to park if I don't need to. I wanted to go into the arena, where the Suns used to play to see inside, and I did sort of; the concourses were open but the doors to the main arena were locked. It is only open during events and I didn't stick around for night's rap concert. There were $1 food from noon-6 but only certain items and only small portions, again refuse to pay $7-8 for Italian sausage. One booth had a chicken sandwich or something like that for $9.50 and you could make it a "package" of fries and drink for an extra $5. Really? I did find a stand that sold good-sized corn dogs for a $1 and got 2.. very good. Another stand had miniature corn dogs for a $1 during the day. Not too crowded, but got more so later in the day. About half the size of the Indiana state fair grounds and both are in very questionable parts of town, especially at night. Not near as many animals (types, numbers) as in Indy (no horses, sheeps), but lots of goats. Beer is sold at the AZ fair but not in Indy during fair. This is a been there, done that, cross off bucket list, etc. type of deal.
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