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Blame heat for keeping people away.

Indiana State Fair Attendance Numbers Down

By Maureen Mespell
August 20, 2012 Updated Aug 20, 2012 at 5:59 PM EDT

Indianapolis, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) -- The heat kept some people away from the Indiana State Fair this year.

Just wrapping up it's 17-day run, fair officials say attendance was down around 2%.

Total attendance tallied 853,000 people.

The attendance figure is the lowest since the fair was extended to 17 days in 2009.



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