Minnesota State Fairgrounds

Minnesota State Fair
The State Fair Gopher 'Fairchild' greets fairgoers.
Genre	State fair
Dates	12 days before and including Labor Day
Location(s)	Falcon Heights, Minnesota
Years active	1859–Present (excluding 1861, 1862, 1893, 1945, 1946)
Attendance	1,943,719 (2016)
Website
www.mnstatefair.org

Coordinates: 44°58′52″N 93°10′5″W / 44.98111°N 93.16806°W / 44.98111; -93.16806

The Minnesota State Fair is the state fair of the U.S. state of Minnesota. Its slogan is "The Great Minnesota Get-Together." It is the largest state fair in the United States by average daily attendance. It is also the second-largest state fair in the United States by total attendance, trailing only the State Fair of Texas, which generally runs twice as long as the Minnesota State Fair. The state fairgrounds, adjoining the Saint Paul campus of the University of Minnesota, are in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, midway between the state's capital city of St. Paul and its largest city, Minneapolis, near the Como Park and Saint Anthony Park neighborhoods of Saint Paul. Residents of the state and region come to the fair to be entertained, exhibit their best , show off their abilities in a variety of fields including art and cooking, learn about new products and services, and enjoy many different types of food—often on a stick. The fair runs for twelve days from late August into early September, ending on Labor Day. The Minnesota State Fair was named the best state fair in the United States in 2015 by readers of USA Today.