The Lancaster County "Super Fair" (cough) is up and running at the Lancaster Events Center. Are you going to go?
The Missus, Robbie, and some friends went yesterday. Some things were still being set up, but they had a good time. Robbie and his friend Parker were particularly enthralled by the model railroad display. They could have sat and watched those trains for hours. A couple thoughts:
First, the fair's website is really, really, really bad. The design is awful. The organization is awful. The content is awful. I really hope it was put together by a staffer because if they hired somebody and that's what they got out of the deal ... wow.
Second is the matter of tickets. Admission to the fair is free, but supposedly you have to have a ticket. You can only pick up a ticket at U-Stop, Russ's, Froggy 98, and The Fort. Here's the thing: The Missus & Co. jumped through the silly little "free ticket" hoop, but nobody ever took their tickets. Let's say that was just a first morning snafu (maybe the ticket guy hadn't got out of bed yet). So they post a ticket taker and somebody shows up without a ticket. Are you going to tell me they're not going to let people in if they don't present a ticket? That would be ridiculous! If that's the policy, those poor ticket takers are going to take some abuse that really should be reserved for the goofballs who sat around and came up with the policy.
Last, the midway is open from 5:00pm until midnight each day. I suppose that makes sense on week days, but it seems awfully silly to not open the midway on Saturday afternoon. Then again, it's supposed to be awfully hot on Saturday so the point may be moot; nobody will be outside that day anyway.
This little "Super Fair" experiment will be interesting to evaluate when it's all over. I may be wrong, but the concept sure seems like a giant "up yours" directed toward the State Fair Board for not wanting to move the State Fair to the Event Center. Indeed, if it continues next year it will be very difficult not to assume it's intended to draw visitors away from Grand Island.
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As gas gets more expensive, smaller county fairs make more sense anyway. Though - I’ve seen some county fairs that far surpass our state fair.
the SUPER fair was SUPER lame. i went yesterday; enjoyed the livestock shows, found the ONE & ONLY “hidden” beer vendor $4/16 oz. beers (good deal); not much for fair rides for safety reasons; but seriously, there wasn’t anything MORE than there was last year—maybe an extra ride and a couple more food vendors. i basically just went to keep my friend company while her grandkids took-over the midway.
Yup. I agree on each point.
I was also appalled checking their website yesterday. Aside from sheer ugliness, the one thing I visited for - a map - was still a blank COMING SOON page.
We went to the “super fair” today, even braved the thunderstorm. We arrived around 2:00 to find almost all the animals gone and people packing up and leaving! Our 3 year old wanted to see the animals, but the petting zoo area was all he got. It was pretty lame. Then I saw one of the Admins. from the State Fair walking around. He must have been thinking the same thing, lame. We’ll go to Seward or Saline counties next time before going back to Lancaster county.
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