Head On Over To The State Fair In Dallas, Tx

late September or early October, the Fair Park inState Fair of Dallas is the only fair in the United
Dallas, Texas becomes a haven of activity forStates to feature a full-scale auto show, with
visitors hoping to see cowboys, eat somemultiple buildings and hundreds of vehicles on
fantastic food, and take a ride on the enormousdisplay for visitors to browse, admire, and ask
Ferris wheel.questions about. Because of the auto
The State Fair was first held in Fair Park in 1886,show’s success at the fair, many vehicle
and is thought to be the largest state fair inmanufacturers now choose the State Fair as a
America, with over 3 million people attending thedebut location for their new model launches, such
fair each year. It runs for 24 days, weatheras the 2007 Chevy Tahoe and the 2007 Ford
permitting, and rough estimates claim that the fairSporttrac.
contributes around 350 million dollars US toThe park’s Ferris wheel “Texas Star”
Dallas’ economy.is also considered to be the largest in North
In 1952, a giant cowboy statue of 52 feet tallAmerica, and although it helps to draw in the
was added to the fair grounds as the Statecrowds to the Fair, there was one tragic incident
Fair’s symbol, and was given the namein 1955 when a teenager from the Memphis High
‘Big Tex’. Appropriately, one of theSchool marching band was killed after one of the
fair’s main attractions is an annual footballwheel’s cars broke loose, plummeting to
game between the colleges of Texas andthe ground. However, it didn’t seem to
Oklahoma at the Cotton Bowl; its nicknameaffect attendance the following year, when
— and presumably, sponsor — is26,000 teens flocked to see Elvis play at the
“The AT&T Red River Rivalry”.largest outdoor concert in Texas at the time.
With over 300,000 square feet of space, the