(Springfield, IL) — The numbers are out for attendance at the 2016 Illinois State Fair. The Illinois Department of Agriculture on Friday released figures that indicate over 355-thousand people attended, which is about 56-thousand people fewer than last year’s attendance. However, the state says this year’s fair grossed the highest number for sales ever, with over two-million-dollars worth of tickets sold for the grandstand entertainment
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Jim McCabe/bfj IL)
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