Business View Magazine | August 2022

109 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 8 racing, and additional positions throughout the fairgrounds. With the height of the pandemic in the rearview mirror, the fairgrounds are now up and running at near capacity, and lessons learned during COVID have helped to carve the pathway forward for the Erie County Fairgrounds team. One area that has benefited from continued COVID lockdowns has been in the realm of ticket sales. With in-person ticketing restricted, the Erie County Fair staff turned to online ticket sales. “We were one of the only county fairs that went to cashless sales and moved ticket purchases online,” Lucero reflects. “This is a huge advantage for us in the way we can report and capture data that we never had before. We now have the contact information, phone numbers, and email address. It’s a click of a button.” The future of the Erie County Fair and all the programs scheduled throughout the calendar year looks bright for the hard-working staff. By relying on existing partnerships including the long their long-established Strates Shows partnership, the public can expect great events to take place. “We are celebrating our 100th anniversary with them (Strates Shows) in 2024 which is probably the longest fair and carnival THE ER I E COUNTY FA I RGROUNDS Erie County Fair - 1967 Erie County Fair - 1987