Posted By: longtimefan on December 01 2023 at 07:30:03 AM
I see that the western swing still covers the first week of September. That explains a lot of what I heard about Port Royal losing their dates. I heard that the WOO wanted the Weikert weekend and the Tuscarora Fifty. To do that they must have wanted to move the Tuscarora Fifty to the Oct. dates. Anyone who understands how the track and Fairgrounds are intertwined would know that can't
happen. Without the Tuscarora Fifty weekend the Fair would die and that would change everything about the property, And no, you can't just change the dates of a fair as the county fair dates are all coordinated throuhout the state to avoid conflicts.
As a vendor at the fair I pay close to $400 to be there for the week. Even with the races Sat.,Mon.,Thur.,Fri. I figure to sell as much the day of the Tuscarora Fifty as I do the other seven days combined. Without that weekend I and many other vendors would not waste the week there and the fair would be nothing more than a local fire Company carnival. That would end many of the perks that the property has with the State.as the Juniata County Fair is one of the longest running fairs in the State.
So if the WOO had planned to use that to push High Limit out of Port Royal then it is their fault that they are not at Port Royal this year.
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