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Meadowlands State Fair | |
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Status | Active |
Genre | State Fair |
Begins | June |
Ends | July |
Frequency | Annual |
Location(s) | Meadowlands Sports Complex in the parking lot of MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey |
Inaugurated | 1986 |
Attendance | 300,000 visitors per year |
Website | State Fair Meadowlands |
The State Fair Meadowlands (formerly the Meadowlands Fair) is a carnival held every summer at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The fair is held in the parking lot that surrounds the MetLife Stadium and runs for two weeks in late June and early July. It attracts over 300,000 visitors per year,[1] peaking at around 400,000 people in 2022.[2]
Despite its name, it is not the official state fair of New Jersey, but instead, that honor belongs to the New Jersey State Fair, which purchased the state fair moniker in 1999. Instead, the name for the Meadowlands event is a title sponsorship; State Fair Superstore, a large seasonal merchandise seller and equipment rental company in Little Falls, New Jersey, operates the carnival.