Associated Press
LEWISBURG
August 28, 2008 10:08 am
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High gas prices and a weak economy didn’t hurt this year’s edition of The State Fair of West Virginia.
Fair manager Marlene Pierson-Jolliffe says fair officials were nervous about the economy and gas prices. But marketing, cost-reduction efforts and streamlining paid off.
Projected attendance figures for the nine-day fair rose slightly, from 190,000 in 2007 to 195,000 this year. Paid gate attendance was up 5 percent while carnival revenue increased 12 percent.
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