Business View Magazine | August 2022

106 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 8 Proud to provide our services at the Erie County Fair Hale Northeastern, Inc. is a full-service special events production company that has produced thousands of successful local, regional and national events for over 125 years.  From event concept to completion, we do the work, so you don’t have to. You imagine it and we bring it to life! impressive number of visitors. Averaging around a million visitors each year and sometimes exceeding that, the popularity of the fair can’t be denied. Spanning nearly two centuries of history the Erie County Fairgrounds boasts several heritage buildings, as well as newer buildings that have been added in recent years. “We have quite a few heritage buildings and recently we have put up some new buildings,” Underberg says. “The oldest building on our property is the Octagon building. The backstretch area for racing has also had a lot of work done back there and in the livestock agriculture area almost all of the horse barns are brand new in the last 10 to 15 years.” Visitors can also enjoy a gaming center, established on the facility in 2004, which is in operation 365 days a year. In addition, with the Erie County Fair’s 175 anniversary in 2014, the Agricultural Discovery Center opened its doors –