Monday, October 19, 2020

One More Week (Updated)

 Good news, Fair fans.  Ag Commish Andrew Gipson extended the Mississippi State Fair another week.  The Commissioner tweeted: 

Thanks to everyone who came and enjoyed our socially distant, very clean family-friendly outdoor Fair. As Hurricane Delta washed out the first weekend, we are deciding to open back up for one more outdoor Fair Weather weekend this Thursday through Sunday for you to enjoy.

 


 Update: Commissioner Gipson announced the Mississippi State Fair will reopen Thursday: 

 Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson is extremely excited to announce today that the Mississippi State Fair has been extended. The State Fair will re-open Thursday, October 22, and run through Sunday, October 25. A ride special will be offered each day. Fairgoers can take advantage of unlimited rides for a special price of only $27 on Friday starting at 9:00 p.m. and all day on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.

“I am pleased to announce that we are extending the Mississippi State Fair. The bad weather due to Hurricane Delta impacted our attendance the first weekend of the fair. Extending Thursday through Sunday will give those in the community another opportunity to bring their families out to experience the State Fair and enjoy some great fair food,” said Commissioner Gipson. “The extension provides the Mississippi State Fair the opportunity to continue its time-tested, fall tradition that has been a staple of the Jackson area for 161 years.”

During the extended Mississippi State Fair, fairgoers can continue to enjoy 58 fair rides, games, fair food and the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce’s Biscuit Booth. As a special addition to the fair, The Gaither Vocal Band will perform an outdoor concert on Saturday, October 24, at 6:00 p.m. The concert is free with fair admission. The Gaither Vocal Band will share timeless gospel classics, as well as refreshing, inspiring new favorites embraced by audiences of all ages and backgrounds. Certain attractions like the petting zoo, pig races, Great American Thrill Show, pony and camel rides, Fetch-N-Fish, the Timberworks Lumberjack Show, and exhibits in the Mississippi Trade Mart will not be present during the extension.

The schedule for the extended Mississippi State Fair is as follows:

Thursday, October 22

Gates Open:  11:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Free Admission & Parking: 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Rides Open: 2:00 p.m.

Ride Special: Unlimited rides for $27 All Day

Friday, October 23

Gates Open:  11:00 a.m. – 11:30 p.m.

Free Admission & Parking: 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Rides Open: 2:00 p.m.

Ride Special: Midnight Madness: Unlimited rides for $27 starting at 9:00 p.m.

 Saturday, October 24

Gates Open: 11:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.

Rides Open: 12 Noon

Ride Special: Unlimited rides for $27 All Day

Special Outdoor Concert: The Gaither Vocal Band at 6:00 p.m.

 Sunday, October 25

Gates Open: 11:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Rides Open: 12 Noon

Ride Special: Unlimited rides for $27 All Day

 Gate admission is $5, and children under the age of 6 are free. Parking is $5, with exception of weekdays from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Due to additional events taking place on the fairgrounds, those coming to the Mississippi State Fair will need to enter the fairgrounds through Gates 1 (walking access only), 3, 5 and 7 (walking access only). On campus parking will only be accessible through Gate 3 and Gate 5. For more information and promotions, visit msstatefair.com and follow the Mississippi State Fairgrounds on Facebook. 

33 comments:

Anonymous said...

Just to make sure our hospitals hit capacity in the next 6 weeks. It was going to happen anyway with the holidays coming up and everyone being over the pandemic, but this will ensure it stretches out even longer. Woohoo!

Kingfish said...

The children will love this. Heaven knows this year has sucked for kids. Can't go to school, limits on outdoor sports, can't go to movies, give them a little light. Why do you hate children so much?

Anonymous said...

Everyone's favorite doctor, Michael Osterholm, just said the next 6-12 weeks are going to be the worst of the entire pandemic. Keep it up Commissioner Gipson, do your best to prove Dr. Osterholm right.

I don't think we need to do another lockdown, but we should be doing everything we can to discourage any gatherings where COVID can spread. Look at the Dakotas right now, you are seeing the long-term results of the Sturgis motorcycle rally with huge numbers of new cases. Events like this can cascade through society for months given we are making no attempt to identify, isolate, and trace people who are getting infected.

People are either too selfish or ignorant to realize while they may not get really sick from COVID, but their participation in the uncontrolled spread does directly lead to others getting extremely sick and dying. They are incapable of thinking past their own consequences.

Anonymous said...

Lots of corona bro hate for this event. If you are scared, don’t go! But for Christ sake it’s an outdoor event. If you are still scared after 7+ months to go out and live your life then be miserable quietly please.

Kingfish said...

I don't pay attention to him as much as I used to. He started liking the cameras a little too much and flip flopping much more.

Anonymous said...

9:22 I hope you are sitting down. Most of the people at the Sturgis rally didn't come from the Dakotas...

Anonymous said...

Oh boy!!

Anonymous said...

@Kingfish
Get with the program. The Info Wars store has all the nutraceuticals you need to kick the Wuhan Flu's ass. I'm loaded up on Super Male Vitality, Bioshield, Brain Force, Super Red Pill, and Max Force Bone Broth. That's on top of the Caloidal Silver I've been buying from Alex since 2003.

Clay Edwards said...

I went to the fair for the first time in 5-6 years this year (tuesday night for the slaughter & great white show), Crystal & I enjoyed ourselves so much that we ended up devoting about 75% of our wyab show / podcast to discussing it this weekend. I thought it was the nicest & cleanest that Ive ever seen the fairgrounds for any event and lets be honest, it's good for the vendors who were afraid of the wu-flu to get another week to recoup some money and hopefully turn a profit. I cant say if we'll go back again but kudos to the powers that be for not being fear mongers.

tonylloyd1970 said...

Undoubtedly the overall attendance numbers and total revenues were much lower than even they anticipated, and the extra weekend is needed to meet the revenue target. They're lucky that other big fairs are mostly cancelled or they'd have to eat this loss.

Anonymous said...

might as well leave it all set up. not like other states are having fairs this year anyway.

it’s a mostly outdoor event. distance. mask if you want. don’t lick your fingers. sturgis was a superspreader event because of all the bars..

i’m more concerned with indoor thing without masks. that’s driving the numbers back up.

if you need a hospital bed, gotta hope there’s one available and has the steroids/drugs you need to beat it...for the 3 percent who end up that sick.

Anonymous said...

9:37 I am sitting down. It isn't necessarily where the participants came from, although a majority did come from the Dakotas and the surrounding states that are now seeing major spikes in cases. The problem is they brought COVID in with them and passed it along to many locals who work in bars, restaurants, and other businesses frequented by the maskless participants. It then began spreading uncontrolled among the local populations.

Of course, some of them took the disease back to their home states with them and started local pockets of infection.

That's the issue with a lot of people. They simply can't think beyond the initial infection and realize it spreads. All the bikers descending in that area sowed the seeds of a massive outbreak among the people that live there. It doesn't matter where they came from, it matters what they left behind.

Anonymous said...

They can keep it open another month and they will get the same revenue result. People are struggling and don't have the discretionary income or desire this year to spend money on grimy rides operated by meth heads, consume $20 chicken on sticks, or blow $10 bucks trying to win a $1.00 stuffed animal. Then you factor in the risk and costs associated with possibly getting sick...

Anonymous said...

I took my daughter and two of her friends last Monday. I have been going to the fair my entire life. (I am 54 years old) This was by far the cleanest, safest and well done fair I have ever been to. I don't know how people think the Covid will be transmitted there. I didn't get close to anyone. It's outside for God's sake. I bet the people on here who complain about this event and others go to Wal Mart. Please tell me the difference

Anonymous said...

This is a selfish decision by a typical politician. Andy Gipson is a punchline. Seriously, he had his shot with the fair this year. The fair sucks every available dollar out of the Jackson metro area. My business suffers when the fair comes to town and we are Jacksonians, not carnies. Another week to save face for Gipson while he hurts Jackson. Will someone sharp please run to de-horse this clown.

People of Walmart said...

Walmart vs. Fair? They are both sideshows.

Anonymous said...

@11:40am - The difference between the fair and Wal-Mart (or wherever you go to buy food/staples) is one is a necessary risk while the other is one of one those “but I want my life back, I don’t have the empathy nor the self discipline to care about anyone but myself” things. I imagine since you don’t see the fair as a problem while comparing it to a trip to Walmart, you’re probably doing a lot of other stupid shit too.

So that’s the difference. Keep on spreading it. We’ll reach herd immunity at some point. Whether it will be by a vaccine or just ignoramuses spreading it and how high the pile of bodies may be is up to you.

Anonymous said...

Some folks just need to stay home with their shades drawn. The rest of us will continue to live our lives in the sunshine. Which, by the way, is great for your immune system. Get a grip on your fear, and maybe the facts as well. Strictly outdoor events like this are very low-risk.

Anonymous said...

@12:53 PM
You liberal snowflakes are so easy to trigger. I ain't scared of global warming or the china virus. Everyone is completely over the scamdemic. Your little psyop is over. You can wear your cuck muzzle if you want. But stop trying to foist your phobias on the rest of us. And we can go back to pointing and whispering that you are a chicken little wussy. Which is what scares you the most. You are terrified of looking feaful and foolish.

Anonymous said...

@12:53, not the guy you’re responding to but I’ll take the bait.

I am NOT responsible for YOUR safety, YOU are. That’s how America works and has for 244 years. Harden up son.

Anonymous said...

Didn’t take long for the macho idiot rednecks to come out after that comment. Public health is a collective responsibility. If you choose to be a fucking dumbass, then there’s nothing the smart folks can do about it, this is Merica after all. We elected a reality show clown as our “leader” after all.

Anonymous said...

1:42 I also assume you would be for the elimination of DUI as a criminal offense, it's your job to stay off the road if you don't want to get hit by a drunk driver, right? Same thing for speed limits and street racing. Nothing wrong with a couple of clapped-out Mustangs running 150 MPH in both lanes of traffic at night as long as those pesky citizens will stay off the road. My dog is viscous? Your fault your toddler couldn't run fast enough from him and got mauled. I poured pesticides in the river and killed your cattle? Your fault again for not securing your own, private source.

The reality is there are plenty of laws and regulations that are designed to protect people from the selfish actions of others. You may not be personally responsible for my safety, but that is why we have governments to enact regulations to ensure you don't do harm to others in your selfishness.

Anonymous said...

So why are they waiting untill Thursday to reopen ?

Anonymous said...

@2:13
Strawman Argument = Check
Shifting Goalposts = Check
Appeal to Emotion = Check

Dang! If you wouuld've called 1:42 "Literally Hitler" then you would've used every intellectually dishonest leftist trope in your comment!

Anonymous said...

@2:13pm - Thank you. My “you’re a dumbass reckneck” retort wasn’t approved by Kingfish, but you stated it much more educated and eloquently than I. Of course, they won’t read it so it doesn’t matter unfortunately :(

Anonymous said...

My dog is only viscous after he knocks over the molasses.

Anonymous said...

Whatever happened to Steve Hutton?

Anonymous said...

Kingfish: It ain't about 'the children', so just stop with the emotional pandering. It's about nothing more than Gibson needing more revenue. He's rolled the dice and gambled on (either) there not being many Wuhan positives or weak contact-tracing protocol. Besides, it's now being reported that to contract this illness, one must have a full set of teeth with no 'dip stains'.

Ben Dare said...

"Most of the people at the Sturgis rally didn't come from the Dakotas..."

But you do know, do you not, that they spent most of a week there and flooded every souvenir shop and greasy spoon in the state on their way home.

Anonymous said...

11:06. Your ignorance and lying amaze me. I went to the 80th Anniversary of Sturgis from Mississippi, my 25th in 29 years, where an estimated 469,000 people encompassed a very large area from several states across our nation. I’m on several message boards with thousands of members and no one has reported any illness. The state of South Dakota, at last count, had about 216 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and there is no “super-spreader” event. Feel free to absorb whatever drivel you wallow in from TV, but stay away from topics and a lifestyle you know nothing about.

Anonymous said...

@12:53... how can I spread it? I have never had it. Took a test just last week. NEGATIVE.

Anonymous said...

I think I'll go this weekend and get me couple them Pronto Pups and a box of that good ole Malones Taffy and stroll the midway and see the bearded lady and the two headed snake. Ahhh the good old days at the Mississippi State Fair. Bring back the double Ferris Wheels and we shonuff in business.

Anonymous said...

Oh yeah !

Pronto Pups and the double Ferris Wheels !!!!

I never was big on Malones Taffy, but that's part of the tradition too.

Memories are flooding back now . . .
I never saw the bearded lady, but Dad reluctantly spent 50 cents for me to watch the chick that turned into a gorilla.

LOL

If we rode the "The Matterhorn ", we talked about at school for weeks.

Then the "Wild Mouse" rollercoaster had a car fly off the track.
I think a kid was killed).

After that, all hell broke loose with Mom.

"My son is not going back down there" . . . she always screamed
( Nothing but a bunch of drunk winos that put those rides together)
They pick up those Hobos over at the railroad tracks off Woodrow Wilson.

She was probably right.

For the record, the West Capitol Street Dairy Queen had the rights to sell Pronto Pups until the mid 70's.
And for those that have no clue about a Pronto Pup, it's like a cross between a Cafe du Monde beignet (without the powdered sugar) and a generic corn dog.

Sorry KF . . . I took a trip down memory lane.







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