2024 Red River Valley Fair faced a financial crisis due to low concert attendance and high operation costs.
2024 Red River Valley Fair faced a financial disaster, marked by low concert attendance, specifically for the $1.1m Blake Shelton concert which sold only 5,500 tickets. High operation costs, like renting a stage for three weekends instead of the usual 10 days, and a $400k credit card fraud loss in 2023 are cited as reasons. Despite 137,000 attendees, down from 147,000 in 2023, the fair plans to return to a 10-day schedule in the future.
August 10, 2024
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