Details for the fair opening and schedule through Labor Day
The fair opens Thursday at 8 am daily with buildings from 1 am to 10 pm, except Labor Day closing at 9 pm. Grandstand concerts run first 11 days. auto race and Stock Car Football Spectacular end on Labor Day. Admission is 7 at gate, 4 in advance. free for children 12 and under daily and seniors 60+ on Aug 31 and Sept 1. parking 3 on weekdays, 4 on weekends and Labor Day.
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Map to the New York State Fairgrounds OATH Lost Persons
Parking office notes lost and found items and person notices. Local readers urged to report missing individuals and belongings at the fairgrounds parking office during the event.
Space shuttle commander Eileen Collins visits on Sept 1
Space shuttle commander Eileen Collins, first woman to command a NASA shuttle flight, visits the state fair on Women’s Day September 1. Officials say she will spend the day at the fair and attend Space Expo 2000. Collins flew the Columbia mission in July deploying the Chandra X-Ray Observatory and this is her third shuttle trip. She has logged 37 hours in space.
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New York State Fair debuts bold interactive exhibits and shows
A wide array of new features unfolds at the fair including Space Expo 2000 with an Early Missions display Kids Discovery Zone Shute Command Center and Millennium Theater The Star Theater offers a galaxy project and color simulations while WB Discover explores journalism at the Newseum extension Corning Museum of Glass demonstrations Marionette Star Theater and live acts headline Kiddieland with the Wo tiered red circus Wagon The Great Wall Chinese Acrobats and Pirates of the Caribbean dives entertain daily at designated venues
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Center of Progress
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Newseum
Arfington
Corning Museum of Ghess
Art & Home Center
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