Business View Magazine | October 2019

211 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2019 THE STATE FA I R OF LOUI S I ANA we have anywhere from six to twelve folks in our maintenance department. That’s who runs the venue for the entire year. Now, each year, as we’re getting ready for the annual State Fair, we have some partnerships with other non-profit groups that come out and do jobs at the Fair, and we also hire a lot of temporary labor to help us. We bring on an additional 300 people to work there, not including the contractors that we use that provide security services.” The State Fair runs for 14 days, over three weekends, and is dark on Mondays and Tuesdays. It takes one year of planning, one month of final preparation, and two weeks of tear down and clean-up, each year. The 2019 Fair will run from October 24 – November 10. It has been estimated by the Louisiana State University at Shreveport Center for Business Research that the State Fair of Louisiana has an estimated annual economic impact of $24 million. “We’re considered a medium-sized State Fair,” Giordano notes. “Our annual attendance is anywhere from 375-450,000