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The AZ state fair opens at noon. And I left my house at 11:45am. At around 12:10 I crossed 19th Ave and Grand Ave (the corner where the state fair is located) and it took me 1 hour to go 2 blocks!!!!!!!!!!!! The traffic was backed up for at least 1/2 mile because the ONLY entrance to the fair is at 19th Ave and Monte Vista. That is the only way to get to their parking.
There were no police directing traffic, no traffic management. No stoplights being monitored. People from 3 lanes over were all trying to get into my lane, plus there were people coming from the north that wanted to turn into the parking rd. In addition, there were delivery trucks and workers trying to get out of the fair grounds and each time they had to try and stop traffic to let those people out. Again, no police, no traffic management, just a couple of guys trying to stop 3 lanes of traffic.
When I finally started to turn into the parking lot to pay, a lady cut me off. Then when we got to the cashier that had a big sign "CASH ONLY", the creep lady that cut me off insisted on paying with credit card. Who goes to the fair with no cash?? And of course it took about 10 minutes to get her cleared to proceed because they weren't set up for credit.
I FINALLY parked my car at 1:15.
What a mess! It's no wonder the fair's attendance is down for the 4th straight year.
I've been to the fair 3 times and have never had such a difficult time.
Well, I went to the fair to take pictures, and I did that for about 3 hours. I visited the livestock barns and the craft barn. It was around 4 pm and I ran out of things to do so I left. And I didn't get any night pics, which i wanted to get.
I also didn't spend a dime there.
Also, it's Thursday.Right? And at noon onward there was tons of kids. What did they cancel school or something? In fact I'd say 90% of the people in attendance were of school age.
I certainly hope the kids didn't cut classes to attend the fair, but that wouldn't surprise me either in this town. [ EDIT: I found out later that schools were all off. Thus the big crowd of kids.]
I'm from Minnesota and the AZ state fair doesn't come close to comparing to the MN state fair. I don't recall any parking issues at the MN state fair, and the AZ is basically just a bunch of food vendors mixed in with a few rides.
[ EDIT: I need to add that I was surprised at the complete lack of security or police presence at the fair, given they've had some trouble the past. There was also a complete lack of drinking fountains and healthier food choices. The livestock barns were poorly lit and in need of repair and I felt sorry for all the cows and sheep that were chained to the block walls. }
Unless they move the AZ fair's location out further and have parking and traffic reorganized, I doubt I'll attend the AZ state fair again.
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