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Did You Eat One of the 100,000 Corn Dogs Sold During the Fair?
Corn Dogs, funnel cakes and turkey legs... Oh my! Did you eat one of the 100,000 corn dogs sold during the 17 days at the Alameda County Fair? Take a look at what (and how much) of the things fairgoers tried while visiting the fair.
Information from the Alameda County Fair--
Renowned horse racing jockey Russell Baze achieved his 12,000th career win at this year’s 101st Alameda County Fair, remaining the winning most jockey in North America.
[Related blog: Baze, Let Faith Arise win California Wine Stakes]
The annual summer fest closed July 7th with an impressive attendance despite seven daysof scorching heat, a day of rain and a weeklong BART strike; all affecting this year’s event yet the fair achieved an all-time record-setting opening day attendance of 31,389 up 2.3% over last year’s 30,692 opening day patrons.
Jerome Hoban, the Fair’s new Chief Executive Officer, looks to the future stating, “101 years of proud tradition was evident at the Alameda County Fair this year. It was an honor to be part of the seventeen day celebration that highlighted our communities accomplishments and heritage. I can’t wait to see what the 2014 Fair brings us.”
Baze’s 12,000th win is among the many notable highlights including:
Total Attendance: 391,426
Total Vehicles Parked: 110,390
Horse Racing:
Horse Racing Track Attendance - 49,691
On-Track Handle up 3%
Volunteers:
Fair Volunteers - 984
Volunteer Hours - 12,000 Hours
Exhibits Department:
Competitive Exhibits Entries - 18,764 up 10%
Exhibitors - 4,937
Jr. Livestock Auction - $557,847 per animal sales up 3%
Small Animal Sales - $39,649
Fine Art Sales - $14,206
Contest Entries - 546
Pairs of hands washed at Sudsy’s Barn - 51,184
Dogs adopted - 114 in 2013, 485 since Puppy Party Palooza started adoptions here in 2009
Community Acts - 140 acts on 4 stages for 170 hours of entertainment
Food Consumed:
Corn dogs - 100,336
Funnel Cakes - 44,519
Turkey Legs- 8,135
Deep Fried Nutella - 1,670
Crispy Crème Donut Burger - 1,845
Pineapple Upside-Down Cake - 2,550
Website and Social Media facts:
Website Visits - 853,436
Page Visits - 1,839,902
New Visitors - 83%, Retuning Visitors - 16.6%
Facebook Fans - 39,211
Twitter Followers @ACFair - 2,029
The Alameda County Fair thanks all who attended, entertained, volunteered, worked, and competed;you all make the Alameda County Fair a community tradition and success year after year.About the Fair AssociationThe non-profit Fair Association continues to provide a significant public benefit without receiving any tax support.
In addition to maintaining & enhancing the existing facilities, the Fair Association originally purchased the 268-acre fairgrounds in the 1930’s and deeded the property to the County of Alameda in the 1940’s. With the “Oldest One-Mile Race Track in America,” the Fair Association hopes to continually enhance its horse training and racing program in Pleasanton.
For more information, please visit www.AlamedaCountyFair.com, or call (925) 426-7600
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