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Attendance rises 6.3% at Saskatoon Ex

For the first time since 1886, the Saskatoon Exhibition will not go ahead because of COVID-19. File / Global News

With near-perfect weather each day, organizers say attendance was strong at the 2019 Saskatoon Exhibition.

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This year’s edition of the fair ran from Aug. 6 to 11.

Overall, 216,084 people walked through the gates at Prairieland Park during the six-day event, an increase of 6.3 per cent, or 12,721 people, when compared to 2018.

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Organizers estimate the economic spin-off for the city and area to be tens of millions of dollars annually.

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Next year’s fair is scheduled to take place from Aug. 4 to 9, 2020.

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