South Dakota State Fair admission increasing, extra day added

Fair officials say space demands call for extended calendar, price hikes

The cost of attending the South Dakota State Fair is going up, while the duration of the annual jamboree is being extended.

State lawmakers this week signed off on a request by the South Dakota State Fair Division of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources to make the fair a six-day event instead of the traditional five days, when thousands of fairgoers descend on the state fairgrounds in Huron.

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