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State Fair
Peter Cox

Minnesota State Fair sets another daily attendance record over the weekend

A large crowd walks among the state fairgrounds.
Thousands of people walk near the grandstand during the closing weekend of the Minnesota State Fair on Sunday.
Nicole Neri for MPR News

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The Minnesota State Fair set its fifth daily attendance record of the year Sunday, bringing 256,015 people through the gates.

That number is about 11,000 more than the previous record for the last Sunday of the fair, which was set in 2019.

This year’s total attendance numbers will likely surpass the total attendance of each of the last two years.

However, more than 370,000 people will need to walk through the gates Monday to beat out the all-time 12-day attendance record of more than 2.1 million.